Erica M. Shea, chief marketing and business development officer at Shumaker, has been named the 2022 Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Apogee Award: Chief Marketing Officer of the Year.

The city of Tampa and developer Kolter Urban have reached an agreement, allowing a proposed 55-story tower to move forward in downtown Tampa.

Winner: Jacksonville pilot Nick Henderson, who surprised a local cancer patient with a special flight. Loser: Seminole Heights businesses.

University of South Florida will be facing an angry Florida Gators squad on Saturday at The Swamp, but the Bulls at least have a little momentum for the in-state showdown.

Shumaker has selected two partners to lead its growing public sector practice. Partner Andy Mayts will serve as public sector chair, and Partner Patrick Duggan will serve as co-chair.

Florida Polytechnic University is holding the No. 1 spot among Southern public colleges in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Colleges List. This is the second year in a row the university earned the top rank.

USF St. Pete is receiving the largest cut of millions of federal dollars state lawmakers approved Friday. The Joint Legislative Budget Commission approved $15 million for an ocean science center at USF through the Local Support Grants Program.

For the first time ever, USF has broken into the top 100 universities in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list.

The Rowdies let an early lead slip away Saturday, taking a 2-1 road loss against the Charleston Battery.

Southeast Florida’s largest state park is a 10,500-acre swath along the intercoastal Hobe Sound, just north of Jupiter, that invites exploring by land or water 16 unique ecosystems: coastal sand hills, upland lakes and scrub forests as well as the Loxahatchee River.

On Sept. 16 the Tampa Tiger Bay Club will host authors Andy Huse, Bárbara Cruz and Jeff Houck to share the evolution of Tampa’s favorite sandwich in their new book, “The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers.”

Shutts & Bowen law firm is welcoming Susan K. Spurgeon as a partner in its Tampa office.