Ybor City ad agency finds being ready is what it takes to make it for more than 40 years

Tampa ad agency ChappellRoberts survived the pandemic and is now welcoming a new generation of leadership. One core attribute? It always looks forward.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:00 p.m. June 10, 2021
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Mark Wemple: Christine Turner, president, and Colleen Chappell, CEO, of Tampa-based ad agency ChappellRoberts
Mark Wemple: Christine Turner, president, and Colleen Chappell, CEO, of Tampa-based ad agency ChappellRoberts
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Amid the pandemic, as companies nationwide were at best barely surviving and at worst failing, it was mostly business as usual at an Ybor City advertising agency.

Sure, there were bumps. People ditched the office to work from home. A client needed an ad cut immediately. There were concerns about health and how long this all would last.

 

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