Tampa Bay Developer

The TBD POD is a weekly show featuring ambitious and interesting people influencing Tampa, Florida. New episodes every Friday! Stay tuned for more.

Tampa Bay Developer is a society podcast hosted by Garrett Greco, with 208 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Garrett Greco hosts Tampa Bay Developer, a society show with 208 episodes published.

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  Episode #206

  Growing Up In West Tampa During The 1950s

  Sep 25, 20261h 30m

  George Guida Jr. joins the TBD Podcast to share the forgotten history of West Tampa, what it was like growing up among its immigrant families, cigar factories, streetcars and family businesses, the legacy of his father “Mr. West Tampa,” and the restoration of the historic Guida Home. 00:00 Intro 02:55 Cigars build West Tampa 10:45 Mutual aid societies 21:25 Childhood games and cork ball 25:26 The family home 30:21 Dad's hot pink fenders 41:31 Mr. West Tampa legacy 47:26 Restoring the family home 50:45 West Tampa's changing future 1:02:02 Streetcar memories

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  Episode #205

  This Tampa Charity Has Been Protecting Children Since 1892

  Sep 18, 20261h 15m

  Taylor Cheeseman joins TBD to explain how the Children’s Home Network evolved from taking abandoned children off Tampa’s streets in 1892 to providing foster care, behavioral health, family support, special-needs services, and interventions designed to stop families from reaching crisis. 00:00 Intro 01:19 Carrie Hammersley's 1892 founding 05:10 From orphanage to cottage care 15:47 Securing the Memorial Highway campus 24:31 Specialized residential programs today 26:50 Community-based prevention programs 30:26 Navigating complex public funding 52:07 Public scrutiny of nonprofits 1:00:05 Private sector's moral obligation 1:08:38 Future plans and getting involved

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  Episode #204

  How To Protect The Environment As Florida Continues To Grow

  Sep 11, 20261h 31m

  Conservation Florida President and CEO Traci Deen joins TBD Podcast to explain how Florida can handle explosive population growth while protecting the state parks, water, wildlife corridors, farms, ranches, and wild places that make Florida unique. 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - State park development controversy 10:06 - Florida's explosive population growth 17:16 - Balancing growth and conservation 31:02 - Data centers spark political debate 36:50 - Polk County conservation tax referendum 49:17 - Choosing which land to protect 54:42 - Military and ranching partnerships 1:00:35 - Turning stormwater ponds into parks 1:22:04 - Florida's story and culture

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  Episode #203

  Lieutenant Dan, Barefoot Boston Marathon, and Working With Jake Paul

  Sep 4, 20261h 12m

  Tampa Terrence joins the TBD Podcast to reveal how he became one of Tampa’s biggest social media personalities, found the viral “Lieutenant Dan” during the hurricanes, ran the Boston Marathon barefoot, and ended up traveling across America working with Jake Paul. 00:00 Intro 02:50 Lieutenant Dan goes viral 14:02 University of Tampa series 18:44 Why he goes barefoot 21:17 Barefoot Boston Marathon 28:00 Jake Paul RV summer 38:25 What's next for Terrance 43:53 Tampa history and growth 51:25 Ybor City's future 1:05:43 Running for city council

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  Episode #202

  Public Money, Private Development And The Future Of Tampa

  Aug 28, 20261h 58m

  Tampa entrepreneur Ed Buckley joins Garrett Greco to break down how Water Street transformed downtown Tampa, why Channelside struggled to create the same energy, what Gasworx could become next, and how walkability, restaurants, high-paying jobs, startups, and private investment are reshaping the city. 00:00 Intro 03:06 AI models and personalities 13:32 PureFit's college origins 24:14 Water Street and downtown Tampa 39:21 Rays stadium public funding 51:02 Dubai and the UAE 57:36 America's sovereign wealth fund 1:10:54 Tokyo and Japanese culture 1:44:45 Selling to Peloton 1:49:46 Scholar and education tech

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