Hillsborough County

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Looking for connection in your entrepreneur journey? 🤝 Hear from local business experts Friday, Feb. 14 at 9 a.m. at our latest Local Stories Live. Can't make it in person? You can always tune in via Facebook live. 🧑💻 Register here if you're excited to learn more about cohort opportunities: https://bit.ly/3EtyhEY

📢 Hey, Hillsborough students! We’ve got a scholarship opportunity for you. If you want to ease the financial burden of higher education, applications for our Community Action Board Scholarship are now open. Want to apply? Head to this link for info: https://bit.ly/4hGerVf

🤩 Our 2025 Prescribed Fire Fest was a success! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Edward Medard Park to spend the day with our C.E.L.M. team and learn about the science behind prescribed fire. We're already counting down to next year's event! 🙌 Couldn’t join us? Read how the fest went: https://bit.ly/4jAJt2u

We know a thing or two about severe weather in Hillsborough County! 🌀☔ To help us stay ready for extreme conditions throughout the year, we’re joining in on Severe Weather Awareness Week with Florida Division of Emergency Management. We’ll be sharing tips and info throughout the week to keep you safe from potential hazards you could face here in Florida. #FLSWAW The topic for Day 1 is lightning! ⚡ #DYK: If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning? Get a refresher on all of our severe weather tips, here ↪️ https://bit.ly/3WKVsAF

📢🎨 Calling student artists in Hillsborough County! The Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest is back in action for 2025. Hillsborough County Water Resources and City of Tampa are encouraging students from kindergarten through 12th grade to create a poster inspired by water conservation. Submissions are due by February 15th. 💧 Parents and teachers can find more info on the contest, here: https://bit.ly/4gsKW8r

February 2nd is #WorldWetlandsDay! 💚💧 Thanks to the Jan K. Platt Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP), we manage over 63,400 acres of endangered, environmentally sensitive, and significant lands in Hillsborough County. One of the most important ecosystems we care for are our wetlands. Did you know wetlands are disappearing 3x faster than forests? 😳 Each time you visit one of our parks or natures preserves, you’re helping to support and spread awareness for our local wetlands. 🗺️ Take a walk on the boardwalk at Lettuce Lake Park or go birding at Cockroach Bay to see just some of the wetlands we protect in the area. Learn more about ELAPP: https://bit.ly/4aNMB7d

From Feb. 3- 8, FEMA specialists will be available to answer questions, share home improvement tips, and recommend proven methods to help minimize future storm damage. Representatives will be available from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday at the following locations: 📍Hillsborough County: The Home Depot, 5125 S. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, FL 33611 📍Pinellas County: Ace Hardware, 2827 9th St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33710 Learn more about these sessions, here: bit.ly/4guPzyU

Lake Park will reopen to the public on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 8 a.m. 🥾🌳 Temporarily closed in October and later used as a Countywide vegetative debris collection site following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Lake Park is one of the County's most amenity-rich parks. Find out more about Lake Park here: https://bit.ly/4aNpXfd

So, you have a old suitcases and backpacks lying around your house? That's where Duffels of Dignity comes in.💗🎒 Duffels of Dignity, provides bags and personal care items to children in foster care or other difficult situations who leave without a bag to carry their belongings. In 2024, the program collected nearly 1,900 items and helped 2,600 children and families thanks to community members like you. 🫂 Interested in donating? Learn more here: bit.ly/4ax8ebD