Tampa Bay Developer

Jeff Trosclair joins TBD Podcast to explain how house lifting is helping Florida homeowners protect flood-prone properties, what it actually costs to raise an entire home, and why Hurricanes Helene and Milton created enormous demand for home elevation across Tampa Bay.

The TBD POD goes live from Run Club for MFs That Don’t Run at 1920 Ybor City to talk with the people shaping Tampa’s culture about run clubs, Ybor City, development, community, small businesses, and why so many people are moving to Tampa.

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

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

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

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

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

Tampa Electric CEO Archie Collins joins Garrett Greco on TBD Podcast Episode 201 to explain why Florida electric bills have risen, how Tampa Electric sets rates, what AI and data centers mean for the power grid, and the future of solar, nuclear energy, hurricane resiliency, and electricity in Tampa Bay.

They discuss:

◼️ Why electric bills have increased and how investments in generation, storm recovery, fuel, and a stronger power grid ultimately affect what Tampa Electric customers pay

◼️ How Tampa Electric is using solar, natural gas, backup coal generation, underground power lines, and self-healing grid technology to make Tampa Bay’s electricity system more reliable

◼️ Why AI and massive data centers are creating unprecedented electricity demand, and why Florida law requires those data centers to pay the costs of the new infrastructure they require

◼️ How Tampa Electric is preparing for hurricanes by burying vulnerable power lines, replacing infrastructure, managing trees, and building a grid that can automatically isolate outages and restore power faster

◼️ What the future of energy in Florida could look like, including more solar through 2030, the possible return of nuclear power, free home energy audits, and programs designed to help Tampa Electric customers lower their monthly bills

0:00 Intro

0:21 Why electric bills rise

9:27 Clearwater's privatization debate

19:47 Fuel mix: gas, solar, coal

32:43 Giving the grid a brain

48:43 Solar limits, no wind

55:20 Nuclear power in Florida

1:02:33 Battery storage future

1:10:24 TECO history and streetcar

1:29:29 Home energy saving programs

Domain Homes President Adam Mays and project manager and lot specialist Guy Frankenfield join Garrett Greco to reveal why Tampa Bay homes have become so expensive, how $400,000 lots, construction costs, city codes and flood regulations are reshaping Tampa and St. Petersburg real estate, and how builders are helping families rebuild after the 2024 hurricanes.

00:00 Intro

02:21 How city codes shape homes

10:18 Cost to build a home

21:40 CRA subsidies and affordability

37:34 Inherited lots and generational wealth

43:46 Flood zones and elevation costs

53:53 Rebuilding after Helene

1:07:14 Historic neighborhoods and design costs

1:17:02 The alleyway problem

1:31:21 Domain's podcast on a plane

Tampa Bay Rays CEO Ken Babby and Tampa City Councilman Bill Carlson break down the NEW Tampa stadium proposal, how the financing has changed, where the tax revenue could go, and why the project could reshape Tampa far beyond baseball.

Under Carlson’s new proposal, Tampa would eliminate the previously contemplated $80 million Community Investment Tax contribution and $100 million backed by future Drew Park CRA tax growth. Instead, a new 35-year tax-increment financing district would use property taxes generated by the private development surrounding the stadium, with revenue going to Tampa, Hillsborough County, and a new public Community Development District.

The Rays have also asked Tampa to advance the CDD $80 million through four annual payments of $20 million, which the CDD would repay to the city from its share of future tax revenue generated by the district. Tampa’s share of the new revenue, combined with a proposed redirection of roughly half of future Downtown Tampa CRA revenue, would help create a citywide infrastructure trust fund that Carlson estimates could generate $1.5 billion to $2 billion over 30 to 35 years without raising taxes.

00:00 - Emergency episode, Rays deal

00:53 - Taxpayer concerns about ballpark

07:26 - Who's been negotiating this

12:35 - The infrastructure trust fund

14:17 - How the TIF works

16:43 - Parking lots generating zero taxes

20:18 - Development milestones and incentives

24:24 - Hillsborough College and tech jobs

26:37 - Not another Raymond James

32:59 - August vote, September shovels