All around Tampa Bay, it’s undeniable — this place is growing. Downtowns are growing. Lakeland’s growing. Brandon’s growing. USF is growing. The Tampa campus is one community where you can fully appreciate the transformative power of trees; the power to turn a school that students largely drove to to one they wanted to immerse themselves in as residents. Can you believe Tampa is the best tree city in the world?…
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TECO helps bring new trees to Temple Terrace for National Arbor Day
The magnificent tree-canopied streets of Temple Terrace are a little leafier today after the efforts of volunteers from the city, TECO and Davey Tree Expert Company. Nearly 20 people spent the morning of April 24 – National Arbor Day – planting more than 40 trees throughout the city. Like neighboring Tampa, Temple Terrace is a Tree City USA. Tampa Electric, which provides reliable power to both, is a Tree Line…
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Fast charge in less than 30 minutes: Temple Terrace flips a new switch on sustainability
Reducing the time it takes to complete a task by more than 90 percent: how often do those opportunities come along? In Temple Terrace, it’s an opportunity that comes wrapped in cars like the environmentally friendly, all-electric Nissan LEAF. The city’s first Level 3 direct current (DC) charger, dedicated on Feb. 26, enables drivers to sufficiently charge their electric vehicles (EVs) in less than 30 minutes – compared to the…
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Team members mark Arbor Day with new trees for Temple Terrance school and homes
Students and teachers alike at Temple Terrace Elementary got a lesson in Tampa Electric’s commitment to the community as TECO team members and partners planted trees at the school for National Arbor Day. The event, on April 25, followed tree planting in neighborhoods surrounding the school that morning. Like last year, employees from Davey Tree Expert Company and public officials from the city of Temple Terrace joined TECO in the effort.…
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Tampa Electric planting event brings new trees to Temple Terrace
Over nearly 114 years, Tampa Electric has put down a lot of roots in the community. At a tree planting event in Temple Terrace on April 12, it put down some more. The day began at a quiet park in River Landing neighborhood, where Tampa Electric team members joined Temple Terrace city officials and employees with The Davey Tree Expert Company – the contractors who trim trees near Tampa Electric’s…
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