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Food influencer Joe Malinowski, known as Mr. Tampa Bay, drove weeks-long sell-outs at Dunedin's Jardin de Pollos and Crepesology through viral social media posts, illustrating how influencer marketing is reshaping customer acquisition for small local restaurants.
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Food influencer Joe Malinowski, known as Mr. Tampa Bay, drove weeks-long sell-outs at Dunedin's Jardin de Pollos and Crepesology through viral social media posts, illustrating how influencer marketing is reshaping customer acquisition for small local restaurants.
Food influencer Joe Malinowski, known as Mr. Tampa Bay, drove weeks-long sell-outs at Dunedin's Jardin de Pollos and Crepesology through viral social media posts, illustrating how influencer marketing is reshaping customer acquisition for small local restaurants.
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Pinellas County's Homebuyer Assistance Program, offering up to $80,000 in hurricane-recovery down payment assistance, closes to new applications at 11:59 p.m. Friday, July 31 — Palm Harbor and Dunedin residents who lived through the 2024 storms and don't own a home may still qualify.
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Dunedin's Eva Herzing will ride in the Pan-Mass Challenge on August 1-2, a two-day bike-a-thon across Massachusetts aiming to raise a record $79 million for cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Palm Harbor and Dunedin residents have a packed week of community events from July 30 through August 5, headlined by the Summer Carnival at Palm Harbor Library and the Dunedin Downtown Market on Saturday, August 1.
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Studio 1212 Art Gallery at 234 Monroe St. in downtown Dunedin is holding a summer Fine Art Sale with original paintings, prints, and handmade items, open Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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A St. Petersburg diving company removed 300 to 400 pounds of underwater debris from Treasure Island in early July and announced it will offer free cleanup services for beach communities across Pinellas County during sea turtle nesting season.
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The City of Dunedin is hosting a free Back to School Bash at MLK Jr. Recreation Center on Thursday, July 30, where the first 200 school-aged children will receive backpacks and school supplies, 12 days before the August 11 first day of school for Pinellas County students.
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The American Flood Coalition toured the Philippe Park Living Shoreline Wave Attenuation project in Safety Harbor, highlighting the $129,200 state-funded oyster reef barrier system as a model for Florida's five-year-old Resilient Florida program, which has invested more than $1.5 billion statewide.
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Downtown Dunedin hosts eight free and low-cost events July 25-26, including the weekly Downtown Market, a Celtic music matinee at Caledonia Brewing, a free kids' cooking class at Nature's Food Patch, and a fine art sale at Studio 1212.
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After an anonymous visitor defaced a 12-foot artwork in its "underseers" exhibition, the Dunedin Fine Art Center launched "Seen / Heard," a two-event community conversation series free and open to the public on July 31 and August 13.
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The Pinellas Community Foundation's Social Opportunity Works Fund has distributed more than $1.8 million to over 60 small nonprofits across Tampa Bay since 2018, including organizations in Clearwater's North Greenwood neighborhood near Dunedin, using a trust-based model that provides unrestricted, multi-year funding without lengthy applications.
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Tampa Bay Watch's 31st annual Great Bay Scallop Search on Saturday, Aug. 1, includes a Dunedin Causeway site where volunteers snorkel to count scallops as a measure of Tampa Bay's water quality, though all spots were listed as full as of Wednesday, July 22.
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Dunedin Public Theater screens the Emmy-nominated documentary "Join or Die" on Saturday, July 25, combining a community film night with a fundraiser for its campaign to build a permanent performing arts venue in downtown Dunedin.
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