🌱 Rising Cost Of Living Removes Tampa Competitiveness + Health Alert

Hello all. I'm back in your inbox this morning with your fresh copy of the Tampa Daily, fresh off the presses. Today is National Ice Cream Day, be sure to enjoy a scoop in this hot weather. Come along for everything you need to know about what's happening around town...

First, today's weather:

A stray afternoon t-storm. High: 89 Low: 79.

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Here are the top five stories in Tampa today:

1. The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County has issued a public health advisory for Davis Islands Beach due to high bacteria levels. Swimming is not recommended, according to the officials. The water will be re-evaluated on Thursday. (Tampa Patch)

2. Hillsborough County civics teacher Tony Pirotta of Sumner High School has been selected for an American Civic Education Teacher Award and he's one of only three in the entire country. Pirotta is a University of South Florida graduate. Since 2007, he's led the "Ought To Be A Law" program, which helps students craft and introduce new legislation. (Fox 13)

3. The Hillsborough Community College (HCC) Foundation has announced a scholarship that will help support 10 nurses for HCC's new bachelor of science in nursing program. The 10 nursing students will receive $1,000 each to help with tuition, books and other expenses. (Tampa Patch)

4. The Moms for Liberty summit in Tampa presented Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with what it calls its "first-ever Liberty Sword award." Governor DeSantis discussed trans children and "woke" corporations, including Disney, during his speech. (Creative Loafing Tampa)

5. A new story in WSJ says Tampa's price increases "have eroded some of a competitive advantage that helped recruit managers from elsewhere in the U.S." and have led to higher salary expectations and some people returning to where they moved from. Tampa experienced the fastest home-price growth in the U.S. in the year that ended in April at 35.8%, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. (Subscription: Wall Street Journal)

Today in Tampa:

• SoHo Sunday Market And Flea. (11 a.m.)
• Tampa Theatre Blood Drive. (11 a.m.)
• 4th Annual Ice Cream Social at Keller Williams Realty Suburban Tampa. (11 a.m.)
• Free Ice Cream From The Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream Truck. (12:30 p.m.)
• Chris Tucker at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Tampa Event Center. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• City of Tampa announced a new team Friday that will be focused on cracking down on illegal construction. It is called The Construction Services Division's Construction Activity Compliance Team. (Fox 13)
• Yelp ranked the best ice cream spots in Florida. On the list were Ice Dreammm Shop in Lutz, Plant Love Ice Cream in St. Petersburg and The Mint Fox Cookies & Ice Cream in Clearwater. (ABC Action News)
• Cold Stone Creamery in Valrico is offering free waffles with the purchase of Love it & Gotta Have It today for National Ice Cream Day. (Facebook)
• The inaugural Tampa Bay Ice Cream Festival is happening today at the St. Pete Pier. (WFLA)

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you around!

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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