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Article: Super Bowl dividends. (Tampa Bay).(Illustration)
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- Florida Trend
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- April 1, 2003
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Still beaming after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl win, regional economic development officials hope the victory translates into business gains. "The national and international recognition this brings--you can't pay for that," says Rhea Law, chairwoman of the Tampa Bay Partnership, the region's economic development organization.
More concretely, Tampa Bay economic developers are pushing trade with Mexico and counting on established medical services and manufacturing businesses to produce jobs. Longer term, they hope the University of South Florida's year-old incubator will help seed more technology companies.
Meanwhile, growth is pushing housing ...