MAY 2021
Events | Business + Development | Transportation + Planning | Community + Member News
Home2 Suites by Hilton Tampa Westshore Airport
The newly opened property located at 5222 West Laurel Street includes studio and one bedroom suites aimed at value conscious travelers. Lifestyle focused amenities include pet friendly rooms, a pool, laundry and fitness facilities.
BUSINESS + DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Free People unveils new expanded store inside International Plaza MORE

Additional housing options proposed on waterfront in Westshore MORE

Starbucks at MetWest now open ☕

Ideal Agent and ConnectOn sign leases MORE

Restauranteur Jeff Gigante shares Westshore City Center concept MORE

Westshore well represented among 2020 NAIOP award winners MORE
TRANSPORTATION + PLANNING
Celebrate National Bike Month by becoming a Bicycle Friendly Business...And participate in the Love To Ride program
Join Westshore businesses like AECOM, Atkins, Cigar City Brewing, McKibbon Hospitality, and Tampa International Airport as Bicycle Friendly Businesses this summer. The next application deadline is June 10. We need you to sign up to keep Tampa as the top city for Bicycle Friendly Businesses.

We will work with you on your application and secure new bike racks for your business, just like the new bike parking seen here at MetWest / Atkins. Your responsibility is to set up a time for a call to talk to your employees about bike and road safety, and bolt down the bike racks. Westshore is becoming a regional bike hub with the Courtney Campbell Trail and future projects on the Howard Frankland Bridge, Grady Avenue, and Gray Street. But our businesses can help make the District more pedestrian friendly by supporting bicycle programs to benefit customers and employees. For more information, email us.
Now that we have all these plans for bike routes in Westshore, you should get on your bike and join us in the Love To Ride program. This is a national program supported locally by the Alliance and the members of Bike Walk Tampa Bay. Participants and businesses can log their rides to earn prizes based on company size and participation. If it is getting too hot for you outside, you can still log your miles earned on your exercise bike. Sign up at the Love To Ride Tampa Bay website to start counting your miles on May 1.
ICYMI - Westshore Alliance joined the Tampa Bay Partnership, Tampa Bay Chamber and St. Petersburg Chamber to pen a guest column for the Tampa Bay Times regarding the importance of funding for the Westshore Interchange. The reconstruction of this interchange has long been a top priority for Westshore. Read it here.
WESTSHORE ALLIANCE NEWS + EVENTS
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Adventum Management & Consulting
Cadence Bank
DDA Development, LLC
Global Sourcing International, LLC
Klipsch Marketing & Advisors
Vantix
WCC Business Solutions
ZooTampa at Lowry Park

Do you know someone who would benefit from Alliance membership? Refer a new member and receive a certificate for FREE admission to an upcoming Westshore Alliance virtual event. Learn more about membership benefits.
MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES
Thank you to the following companies that have recently renewed their Alliance membership.
20+ Years
Carlton Fields
Mechanik Nuccio Hearne
& Wester, P.A.
Outback Bowl
 
15-19 Years
Carroll Air Systems, Inc.
The CORE Group
 
10 - 14 Years
Centennial Bank (Boy Scout)
Moffitt Cancer Center
NorthMarq
Senator Janet Cruz
St. Joseph's Hospital - BayCare Health System
The Millennium Westshore
5 - 9 Years
Aubrey Communications, Inc.
Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission
Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore
PIP - Marketing, Signs, Print
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)
Rita Technology Services

1-4 Years
conEdison Solutions
First Citizens Bank
ICYMI: Westshore Safety + Security Meeting: Combating Coronavirus
On April 26 we were joined by Dr. Peter Chang, VP Care Transition and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Tampa General Hospital; Kent Walling, Director, Asset Services, Cushman & Wakefield and Tampa Police Department Officer Gig Brown for our quarterly safety and security meeting. We explored current community transmission and vaccination efforts, discussed how COVID-19 has changed the workplace and shared tools and resources to help employers and employees return to work safely and successfully. We also reviewed current crime statistics and trends in the Westshore District. Watch the recording here.

Information about hosting a mobile vaccination site on office property available here.
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