The story of here: Communities embrace narrative, culture as key planning criteria

Property development is getting a surge of creativity in some pockets of the region. Will this trend stick around?


  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. November 30, 2018
  • | 0 Free Articles Remaining!
Mark Wemple. Nancy Walker, president of Tampa-based Walker Brands, has provided creative placemaking and place branding services for a wide variety of property developers.
Mark Wemple. Nancy Walker, president of Tampa-based Walker Brands, has provided creative placemaking and place branding services for a wide variety of property developers.
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There’s an undeniable buzz, a sense that something special is happening, in multiple Tampa Bay area communities.

Consider downtown St. Petersburg and the distinctive, mural-filled districts that have popped up around it. Or across the bay in downtown Tampa, where features such as the Riverwalk and Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park have breathed new life into a city center that used to roll up its sidewalks at 5 p.m., as the old saying goes.

 

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