A special guest on this episode of “Florida Matters Live & Local”: Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.<\/p>\n
With just over a year left in her second and final term, Castor sits down for a wide-ranging discussion about where the city stands and what lies ahead. Topics include public safety, the Rays’ stadium plans, transportation and growth. <\/p>\n
Then, we shift gears with advice for protecting plants during Florida\u2019s unusually cold weather and look at the region’s roots through a new exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center.<\/p>\n
Talkin\u2019 Tampa with Mayor Jane Castor<\/p>\n
(0:00) With just over a year left in her final term, the mayor sits down to discuss the challenges ahead for the city \u2014 from the Rays stadium and Ybor City safety to immigration enforcement and transportation.<\/p>\n
GUEST:<\/p>\n
A flora plan for the cold<\/p>\n
(21:09) Caught with your plants down? Many gardeners have been scrambling during the recent frosty temps. The lead curator at USF\u2019s Botan ical Gardens joins the show with practical advice on what to do during and after a freeze, what household items can help, and which plants are most vulnerable.<\/p>\n
GUEST:<\/p>\n
Craig Huegel, USF Botanical Gardens curatorA long time coming<\/p>\n
(36:11) A new exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center invites visitors to step back into the region\u2019s deep past. \u201cTampa Bay Timeline\u201d traces West Central Florida\u2019s history from Indigenous communities of the 1500s through the orange industry, statehood and even the founding of the NFL\u2019s Buccaneers.<\/p>\n
GUESTS:<\/p>\n
Rodney Kite Powell, director of the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History CenterMichelle Hearn, director of curatorial affairs at the Tampa Bay History Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A special guest on this episode of “Florida Matters Live & Local”: Tampa Mayor Jane Castor. With just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-143894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}