Join the Tampa Water Dept for "Your Best Florida Garden Starts Here" workshop & create a vibrant, Florida-friendly landscape that benefits both your family and local wildlife.
📅6/20 | 9 - 11am
📍Little Red Wagon Native Nursery
Register: bit.ly/4fyMj8O
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- Our team is running drills with the latest tech so we're #TampaReady to face any emergency. 💪 We completed annual storm exercises at designated Emergency Response Centers, and if a storm strikes, these crews will act as first responders, clearing roadways for emergency services.
- You often see our crews clearing debris from stormwater ditches and inlets with shovels & big machinery, but this job required a saw to cut back encroaching asphalt on N 10th St. By restoring the opening to ~5 inches, our team is keeping our system flowing smoothly.
- Uncover something new at @Tampasdowntown Backyard Market this Thursday, 6/11 from 12pm - 4:30pm! 🥖🥬 This pop up farmer's market features produce, artisan goods and more. Some of this month’s vendors: Flour Hustler Peach Pit Farms Bloom Bae Florals Pooch Natural Living, LLC
- Join us this weekend to learn how you can stay safe as temperatures rise! Learn from our Sustainability & Resilience Officer & other local experts at The Heat is On. 📆 Saturday June 13 | 2-4pm 📍University of Tampa Vaugn Center Learn more & register at Tampa.gov/heat.
- TOUR TIME: Last week, Girls of the World joined our Solid Waste team for a tour of our facilities. Our team loved fielding their questions, explaining how we provide outstanding services & sharing the model of our new facilities that will improve efficiency & save 💰.
- Our 6 street sweepers cover more than 20K curb miles every year - but where does all that debris go❓ Our sweeper facility, where all the material collected by our street sweepers, vac trucks and maintenance crews ends up after being removed from roads, ditches, pipes, and ponds.
- TAMPA THROUGH TIME🕐: Port Tampa was a primary embarkation center for American troops during the Spanish-American War. Approx 30k troops passed through during the summer of 1898, including Teddy Roosevelt & the Rough Riders. 🔗 digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewconten… 📍 7423 Picnic Island Blvd
- Temps are rising, Tampa! 🥵 Stay in the know with text alerts about heat advisories & tips to stay cool when things get hot. Text HEATSAFE to 888-777.
- Tampa residents, get 30 gallons of FREE, locally-sourced compost to help your garden thrive as the summer season kicks off! 📅 June 26 | 9 am – 4 pm 📅 June 27 | 9 am – While supplies last 📍 Al Barnes Park (3100 E 18th Ave) 🔗 tampa.gov/CompostGiveawa…
- Tampa City Council is hosting two meetings on Thursday, June 11: - CRA Meeting at 9:00am - Quasi-Judicial & Land Use Hearings at 5:01pm 🌐 Watch online at tampa.gov/livestream 📺 Watch on cable TV: Spectrum Channel 640 / Frontier Channel 15 Agenda: tampa.gov/CityCouncil
- Celebrate culture & freedom at our Annual Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony & Wellness Fair! Enjoy FREE food (while supplies last), music, resource vendors + a LIVE fitness demo. 📆6/12 5pm - 8pm 📍2555 E Hanna Ave 🗣️Guest Speaker: Benjamin Haith, designer of the Juneteenth Flag
- Big machines for big jobs!👷 Our Stormwater crews use specialized tools to help maintain our system, like the vac truck - a giant vacuum that sucks up debris, muck & buildup from drains & ditches. Crews put it to work in West Tampa to keep the system #TampaReady for storm season.
































