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Use this service to contact the Community Affairs Youth Workshop coordinator. The Community Services unit coordinates six Law Enforcement/Community Relations youth workshops, each year throughout the city and county. Workshops are free of charge.
Tampa PAL is a non-profit organization staffed by full time Tampa Police Officers and civilian employees. The Officers and staff are dedicated to establishing a better relationship between Tampa's community and the police department through the close interaction of officers and kids.
Offered under an umbrella called the Water Ambassador Program, Tampa's in-school education efforts focus on educating and informing elementary and secondary school students, teachers and parents about the importance of water resources and conservation
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Art Programs (formerly Tampa Public Art) was founded in 1985. The program is governed by an ordinance, administered pursuant to Program Guidelines, and is designed to foster and administrate projects integrating artwork into Tampa's urban culture.
The City Archivist, working with USF, has made early city records available online. Included are several of the original hand written, official minutes books of the City of Tampa, West Tampa, and Fort Brooke. Contained within these documents are discussions that led to the construction of the earliest governments of Tampa.
The City Services Guide is a comprehensive guide to City of Tampa services wth an alphabetical listing of city departments, services, facilities and more.
Internal Audit provides management with an independent appraisal of major areas of City activities in order to reduce potential risk and loss to the City.
Browse articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History, Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion, Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law, Sports, Everyday Life, and more.
FactMonster.com was launched in August 2000 by Information Please. Fact Monster and its Homework Center have received national recognition for their unbeatable reference materials, fun facts and features, and individualized homework help.
The High School Hub is a noncommercial learning portal to excellent free educational resources for high school students. It features online learning activities, an ongoing teen poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, science, social studies, and world languages.
Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records, Infoplease places the resources of an entire reference information center at your fingertips.
The American Victory Mariners Memorial & Museum Ship is a unique and innovative maritime attraction aboard the World War II era merchant ship SS American Victory. Located near downtown Tampa and adjacent to the Florida Aquarium, the memorial creates a world-class museum depicting life aboard Victory and other classes of merchant ships during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Busch Gardens is a 335 acre African theme, family entertainment park. Adventure Island (next to Busch Gardens) features 36 acres of water recreation areas.
The Tampa Convention Center is the city's major "meeting" place... the facility is recognized for the staff’s helpfulness and efficiency; the design and quality of exhibit space, conference and break-out rooms; its downtown water-front location; and outstanding food services
The Henry B. Plant Museum displays furnishings and gilded art original to the former Tampa Bay Hotel; exhibits trace the history of the hotel and the Tampa area.
The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is a science and technology center containing more than 200,000 square feet of exhibits and hands-on displays.
The Tampa Bay History Center displays artifacts, memorabilia, maps, military uniforms and photographs depicting life in the Tampa Bay region from past to present.
Use this service to request visitor information including free area guides from the Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau. The Bureau will mail maps and related materials to you, or you may speak to an information counselor via a toll-free number.
Ybor City is one of only three National Historic Landmark Districts located in the State of Florida. Ybor City attracts large numbers of visitors due to the wide variety of shops, restaurants, clubs, and galleries.
Kaboose's award winning kids communities and family properties - Funschool, Zeeks and Kids Domain together with Kaboose.com comprise the Kaboose Network which is a top 10 global internet site for kids and families (Source: Comscore Media Metrix ranking Dec 2003).
