🌱 Skyrocketing Rent Rises 45% At Westshore Complex + La Segunda Grant

Hello again, everybody! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Tampa Daily. Let's get this Friday started off right, with a quick dive into everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 92 Low: 80.

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Here are the top five stories today in Tampa:

1. Tampa police are investigating the shooting of four people at Courtland Street North and Chelsea Street East on Wednesday night, according to a news release from the Tampa Police Department. Three men and one woman were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Tampa police said. (Tampa Patch)

2. La Segunda Bakery, the historic bakery and sandwich shop founded in 1915 in Ybor City, is one of the recipients of the Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant Program. American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $40,000 to the small business. (Subscription: Tampa Bay Business Journal)

3. At least 21 anti-abortion clinics operate in the Tampa Bay with taxpayer funding. Clinics have names, such as "Foundations of Life" and "A Woman's Place." The mission of these clinics, many faith-based, is to convince people to not seek abortions. (WMNF)

4. A Utah-based real estate firm, Bridge Investment Group, closed on a 264-unit Tampa apartment complex, Grand Pavilion at 3110 Grand Pavilion Dr., for $55.6 million last week, according to Hillsborough County records. (Subscription: Tampa Bay Times)

5. A Tampa woman was shocked to find her rent climb 45% amid an affordable housing crisis in Florida. Her base rent at Society Westshore rose from $1,937 to a whooping $2,821 a month. The apartment complex declined to comment on the skyrocketing rent increase. (ABC Action News)

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Today in Tampa:

• Vintage Roost Market. (9 a.m.)
• Children's Museum To Host Storyland at Glazer Children's Museum. (10 a.m.)
• The Wise Young Woman Book Launch - Morgan Devol Author at The Portico Café. (6 p.m.)
• Summer Cooking Inspirations at Publix Aprons Cooking School Of Citrus Park. (6:30 p.m.)
• Tampa Tarpons Vs. Ft Myers Mighty Mussels at George Steinbrenner Field. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Tampa-based PeopleGuru, a payroll software provider to mid-market companies, has closed on a $5 million Series A round in funding. Funding will be used to expand customer service and sales investments, according to a release. (St. Pete Catalyst)
• New Port Richey's City Manager Debbie Manns was reportedly "not happy" about a Black Lives Matter activist being found not guilty in court after he was falsely charged with a felony, according to text messages. That activist is now filing a civil claim against the city. (Creative Loafing Tampa)
• Walmart has expanded the availability of its InHome delivery service to homes in Tampa as well as other major cities as it spreads its availability. (WFLA)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— 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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