This month on Spotlight Tampa, Mayor Buckhorn put students from Middleton High School to the test in a land use planning project that will help improve our city. Thanks to the efforts of two bay area legislators, an East Tampa post office got renamed to honor a Tampa legend. 2013 marks 25 years of Paint Your Heart Out Tampa, an annual volunteer program that helps seniors receive much needed home repairs and a fresh coat of paint. Wallet-wise Watering was the theme of the first Florida-friendly Landscaping event sponsored by the Tampa Water Department.   Mary Lee's House, a child protection and advocacy center, has some interesting information about new legislation in our state. The USF Spring Plant Festival featured over 50 vendors selling plants such as cottons, African violets, orchids, fruit trees and plant related items.  USF Health ventured into a partnership with the University of West Florida to help to meet Florida's need for more physical therapists. Mayor Buckhorn is making Tampa's Sulphur Springs neighborhood a focus for community progress with the announcement of the Nehemiah Project.  The Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival engaged people of all ages in the enjoyable pursuit of literature and the oral tradition of storytelling. We learn about the health benefits associated with the simple act of walking, and downtown Tampa was the location of another Mayor's Food Truck Fiesta.   

Replays on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7am, Sundays at 4:30 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4pm, Saturdays at 8pm, and Monday through Friday at 10pm.

Paint Your Heart Out Tampa

http://www.pyhot.org/index.asp

InVision Tampa

http://www.invisiontampa.com/news.html

Wild on Walking

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/walking/HQ01612

Tampa Water Department

http://www.tampagov.net/dept_water/

Mary Lee's House

http://www.maryleeshouse.org/

USF Botanical Gardens

http://gardens.usf.edu/

USF College of Nursing

http://health.usf.edu/nursing/index.htm

USF College of Physical Therapy

http://health.usf.edu/medicine/dpt/index.htm

Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival 

http://tampastory.org/

Mayor's Food Truck Fiesta

http://www.tampagov.net/dept_mayor/foodtruck.asp

http://www.thecheesesteaktruck.com/