- Dodged bullet: No pickle ball courts on Honeymoon Island. Yet.
- Approximately 11,000 homeschooled students live in Hillsborough County.
- Sports apparel retailer Foot Locker will relocate its headquarters to St. Pete next year. It will be Pinellas County’s 4th Fortune 500 headquarters. The others: Jabil, Raymond James and Synnex.
- In 2026 Port Tampa Bay will add a 6th cruise line, as Oceania Cruises comes aboard.