TBD POD

Garrett Greco
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  • Documentary
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The TBD POD is a weekly show featuring ambitious and interesting people influencing Tampa Bay. New episodes every Friday! Stay tuned for more.

  1. 5d ago

    Friday Stairs: The Fitness Movement Taking Over Tampa

    Jovany Ruiz grew up in a Puerto Rico village of 127 people before playing Division I football and competing in track at the University at Buffalo, where he walked on as a wide receiver and earned a scholarship in 2020. He is one of four co-founders of Friday Stairs, a free, coach-led workout held at 7 a.m. every Friday on the Tampa Convention Center stairs. Its 250 weekly spots fill within minutes, and it has expanded to Miami Beach, with Atlanta, Los Angeles and Nashville among its announced next cities. 0:00 Cold Open and Introduction 1:10 What Inspired Friday Stairs 5:29 Growing Up in Puerto Rico 11:22 A Solo Trip to Bali 18:22 Friday Stairs Born in Thailand 21:20 Merging Groups and Expanding 27:17 A Community-First Business Model 32:15 Finding and Training Coaches 41:19 Safety and Tampa's Moment 50:48 Your City Is Your Gym

  2. Oct 30

    Franklin Street Is About To Change! Here's The Plan To Revive Downtown Tampa

    Tampa Downtown Partnership President & CEO Kenyetta Bridges reveals the plans to revitalize Franklin Street, transform Downtown Tampa's North End, bring small businesses back to the urban core, and tackle the parking, housing, and development challenges shaping Tampa's future! Kenyetta Bridges is the President & CEO of the Tampa Downtown Partnership, an organization focused on improving the Downtown Tampa experience through economic development, community partnerships, transportation, and public-space improvements. With a background in Detroit's downtown revitalization and adaptive reuse efforts, she brings extensive urban development experience to Tampa as the city experiences rapid growth and transformation. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:20 Detroit vs. Tampa growth 00:02:53 North End vision plan 00:04:13 Franklin Street's history 00:13:01 $6M CRA Franklin grant 00:36:11 Codes and small spaces 00:41:08 Downtown parking frustrations 00:55:41 West Tampa heritage district 01:04:26 Laurel Street east-west connector 01:29:23 Activating under I-275

  3. Oct 23

    $1.3 Billion Port Tampa Bay Deepening And Development Plan

    Tampa Bay's shipping channel is getting its first deepening in about 50 years, and Patrick Blair of Port Tampa Bay joins Garrett Greco to explain what the $1.3 billion Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Project means for the cost of goods, gas and building materials across the region. He walks through how the Army Corps of Engineers will take the channel from 43 to 47 feet, why the work stays inside the existing footprint, and where the dredged rock and sand will go, from Egmont Key to 60 new acres at Eastport. Patrick also covers the port's next cruise terminal on the old banana docks site, the traffic plan around Channelside, why the port is running out of land, and how much of Florida's fuel comes in through Port Tampa Bay. It's for anyone who follows Tampa development, waterfront growth, or where the gas, cement and road base around them actually comes from. Patrick Blair is vice president of engineering at Port Tampa Bay, where he oversees permitting, construction, engineering and maintenance. He served four years in the Army, earned his engineering degree, and worked as a structural consultant designing mid-rise buildings in St. Petersburg before joining the port in 2010. 0:00 The Harbor Deepening Project2:45 How Hydraulic Dredging Works13:35 Creating and Permitting New Land26:45 Expanding Cruise Capacity31:22 The Waterfront Master Plan37:59 Fuel, Tenants, and Neighbors45:43 Traffic and the Riverwalk50:26 Running the Port's Engineering1:03:22 Dredge Material and Funding1:15:48 Economic Payoff of Deepening

  4. Oct 16

    Tampa's Greek History, Disability Advocacy, And Downtown's First Skyscraper

    D.C. Goutoufas joins Garrett on Tampa Bay Developer to discuss Tampa's Greek history, the Greek families who once owned property and ran businesses along the downtown riverfront, and how losing his hearing at four shaped his push for closed captioning in local government, plus the story behind Park Tower, downtown Tampa's first skyscraper. D.C. Goutoufas is a Tampa native and the Special Projects Analyst and Disability Outreach Coordinator at the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser's Office. A former Wachovia branch manager and the founder of Gaspar's Cigar Shoppe, he advocates for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, and his daughter Olivia joins him to interpret. 0:00 Tampa's First Greek Immigrant 5:55 Tampa's Lost Greek Riverfront 11:16 Park Tower and Family Businesses 18:16 Growing Up Deaf in Tampa 27:07 Bringing Captions to Government 31:40 Running for Council at 21 34:55 Tampa Greeks and Tarpon Springs 46:11 A Korean War Silver Star 50:12 Preserving the Park Hotel 1:03:36 Gaspar Cigars and Tampa Tobacco

  5. Oct 9

    Tampa's Development Crisis, City Spending, And The Future Of Public Transit

    Akash Patel joins Garrett on Tampa Bay Developer to discuss why developers are frustrated with Tampa, where the city's money is going, and how permitting problems, suburban growth, and outdated transportation could impact Tampa's future. Akash Patel is the founder of Elevate Inc. in Tampa and creator of Noodles & Networking. As a Tampa business leader and entrepreneur, Patel brings a local business perspective to conversations about economic development, networking, infrastructure, and the challenges facing the Tampa Bay community. 0:00 Noodles and Networking Recap18:22 Corporate Relocations and Wages21:20 The Rise of Private Clubs29:12 Placemaking and Downtown Traffic41:39 The Rays Stadium Deal52:00 Small Business Permitting Red Tape57:23 Tampa's 2027 Mayor Race1:14:22 City Versus County Funding1:22:03 Amendment 3 and Taxes1:29:52 Getting Involved Locally

  6. Oct 2

    Why Florida Homeowners Are Lifting Their Houses

    Jeff Trosclair joins TBD Podcast to explain how house lifting is helping Florida homeowners protect flood-prone properties, what it actually costs to raise an entire home, and why Hurricanes Helene and Milton created enormous demand for home elevation across Tampa Bay.

  7. Sep 30

    Why Young People Are Moving to Tampa and Building Community

    The TBD POD goes live from Run Club for MFs That Don’t Run at 1920 Ybor City to talk with the people shaping Tampa’s culture about run clubs, Ybor City, development, community, small businesses, and why so many people are moving to Tampa.

  8. Sep 25

    Growing Up In West Tampa During The 1950s

    George Guida Jr. joins the TBD Podcast to share the forgotten history of West Tampa, what it was like growing up among its immigrant families, cigar factories, streetcars and family businesses, the legacy of his father “Mr. West Tampa,” and the restoration of the historic Guida Home. 00:00 Intro 02:55 Cigars build West Tampa 10:45 Mutual aid societies 21:25 Childhood games and cork ball 25:26 The family home 30:21 Dad's hot pink fenders 41:31 Mr. West Tampa legacy 47:26 Restoring the family home 50:45 West Tampa's changing future 1:02:02 Streetcar memories

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About

The TBD POD is a weekly show featuring ambitious and interesting people influencing Tampa Bay. New episodes every Friday! Stay tuned for more.

Information

  • Creator
    Garrett Greco
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    215
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Garrett Greco
  • Show Website
    TBD POD

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