Announces Minority Business Accelerator Cohort’23, Presents H.L. Culbreath Jr. Profile in Leadership Award to John Couris.

The Tampa Bay Chamber, South Tampa Chamber of Commerce and Tampa Bay LGBT Chamber (The Chambers) endorse the Tampa Bay Rays and Rowdies commitment to remaining in Tampa Bay with a new outdoor ballpark to be built in the region. The Chambers also ...

Last week, The Tampa Bay Chamber, South Tampa Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce, jointly, announced their support of ferry service connecting South Hillsborough County to MacDill Air Force Base. This week support ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber received a grant from the Florida Business Development Corporation (FBDC) in support of the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA) program. The Minority Business Accelerator program helps Black and Hispanic business owners who are ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber, South Tampa Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce (the chambers), jointly, announce their support of ferry service connecting South County to MacDill Air Force Base. “It’s essential ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber is pleased to hear that the Governor announced funding for the Westshore Interchange and DT Interchange Operational improvements after their work advocating the past few years on the initiative. The Tampa Bay Chamber has long ...

In response to the Department of the Air Force’s selection of MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) as a candidate location to host the next active-duty main operating base for twenty-four KC-46A Pegasus aircraft on May 13th, the Tampa Bay community ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber is recruiting for its fifth cohort of the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA). This program helps Black and Hispanic business owners who are concerned with their lack of business growth and want to learn how to compete in the ...

Leadership Tampa, a program of the Tampa Bay Chamber, celebrated the graduation of 37 members of the class of 2021 on June 23, 2021, at the Yacht Starship in Tampa, FL. The 2021 class marks the 50th class to graduate from the nationally recognized ...

In 2019, the Tampa Bay Chamber announced at the Annual Meeting that it would be rolling out a new program for college students in the area that will follow the Leadership Tampa experience and provide them with connections and insight into our Tampa ...

Tampa receives the Military Spouse Impact Award for Community of the Year by Hiring Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. This award recognizes a community and its leaders for their efforts in creating a strong, inclusive community that ...

Tampa, Fla. – Rita Lowman, President of Pilot Bank, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Dottie Berger MacKinnon Woman of Influence Award, presented by the Tampa Bay Chamber. Rita is a 40+ year banker who has blazed trails for the ...

Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber supports consolidating 2nd District Court of Appeals (2nd DCA) into one location, in Tampa Bay – specifically, within Hillsborough or Pinellas counties. The 2nd DCA signed a lease in Lakeland that, ...

Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber received a grant from The CLA Foundation, the private foundation of CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) for the second year in a row to support the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA). The program helps Black and ...

Tampa, Fla. – Ronald Christaldi, President/CEO at Shumaker Advisors Florida, LLC, received the 2020 Parke Wright III Award from Leadership Tampa Alumni at the group’s 2020 Annual Meeting on January 28th. Established in 2002, the award is ...

Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber held its 135th Annual Meeting yesterday at the Tampa Convention Center. Attendees came together both in person and virtually to celebrate the Chamber's 2020 achievements. 2020 Chamber Chair Maryann Ferenc, ...

Tampa, FL – November 19, 2020 – Over 150 local professionals virtually attended the 9th Annual Emerging Leaders of Tampa Bay Annual Meeting, presented by Saint Leo University and Leadership Tampa Alumni. The event recognized young ...

(TAMPA, FL) – Leadership Tampa, a program of the Tampa Bay Chamber, celebrated the graduation of 48 members of the class of 2020 on November 17, 2020 at the Tampa Yacht Club in Tampa, FL. The 2020 class marks the 49th class to graduate from ...

Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber announced the winners of the 2020 Small Business of the Year Awards at a ceremony on Thursday, November 12 at Armature Works. More than 500 attendees usually attend the event, but this year it celebrated ...

Tampa, FL— The Tampa Bay Chamber on Thursday announced four major businesses have now joined AT&T in becoming part of the chamber’s Empowerment Program designed to foster greater diversity, equity, and inclusion across the local ...

Tampa, Fla. – Dianne Jacob, SVP and Director of Client and Community Relations with PNC Bank, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Dottie Berger MacKinnon Woman of Influence Award, presented by the Tampa Bay Chamber. Dianne has achieved ...

Tampa, Fla. – Leadership Tampa Alumni (LTA), a program of the Tampa Bay Chamber, raised over $4,000 for the students at Memorial Middle School in Tampa. The Leadership Tampa Alumni group is an alumni program for the Leadership Tampa 9-month ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber affirms the spirit of the Resolution adopted by the Tampa City Council acknowledging Tampa’s history which contributed to a complex system of racially motivated discrimination against African Americans. The Tampa Bay ...

Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber is recruiting for its fourth cohort of the Minority Business Accelerator (MBA). This program helps Black and Hispanic business owners who are concerned with their lack of business growth and want to learn ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber hosted its 2020 Political Hob Nob via a virtual platform called Lunchpool and featured a straw poll vote conducted by the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office. Attendees could vote online using the Supervisor of ...

In alignment with the Tampa Bay Chamber’s Vision 2026 plan, local candidate interviews were conducted and filmed to inform voters on where candidates stand on issues important to the Tampa Bay business community. Each candidate who qualified ...

In 2019, the Tampa Bay Chamber announced at the Annual Meeting that it would be rolling out a new program for college students in the area that will follow the Leadership Tampa experience and provide them with connections and insight into our Tampa ...

The Tampa Bay Chamber grieves with our community and our nation during the unrest triggered by the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a rogue police officer. We will no longer tolerate systemic racism nor senseless killings in our ...

A statement from the Tampa Bay Chamber and our Memorandum of Understanding Partners: South Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, Uptown Chamber of Commerce, North Tampa Bay Chamber, Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, ...

A statement from the Tampa Bay Chamber: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused a disruption in business for almost every organization in Tampa Bay and across the globe. The Tampa Bay Chamber is committed to working together and supporting all ...