The Publisher’s Notes

Stay Connected To Your Community. Now more than ever we need to support our community. Our local businesses and non-profits need us. Most of us have been staying home and limiting our outings. This summer has been a time for families to reconnect and support each other with kindness and understanding. Now please remember, we are in this together, and continue to safely support your favorite shops and restaurants.

Once again, we are proud to partner with Best Doctors in America® for 19 years to bring a valuable community resource of listings of area doctors by specialty. The 400 physician listings are compiled and independently researched by Best Doctors and exclusively published locally by METRO. It is our most requested issue throughout the year.

While it has not been the usual summer time travel, we found three luxury resorts that offer great escapes in Destination Drive Trips. From relaxing poolside, swimming in the Gulf, golfing or getting back to nature, Grand Lakes Orlando, Opal Sands and Streamsong offer the ideal staycation.

It is now more important to be able to entertain at home, and one St. Petersburg family reimagined their outdoor living space with a new outdoor kitchen designed by Lisa Gilmore Design. In METROHome Tour, see the design that was created to incorporate the Big Green Egg.

The Tampa Museum is open and ready for visitors with its latest exhibition — HerStory: Stories of Ancient Heroines and Everyday Women. Get your tickets in advance and beat the summer heat with a cool trip inside to TMA.

It’s back-to-school time and it’s understandable that kids and parents are uncertain. We have some tips and ideas to help your children prepare emotionally for the new school year in METRO Family.

If you have ideas on businesses and people that we should know and connect, please giving me a call or email. After all, we are here to support the Tampa Bay community.

Enjoy,

Publisher / Editor-in-Chief Stephen Parag II

Publisher / Managing Editor Ronda M. Parag

Executive Art Director Chad Vorbrich

Contributing Photographers Amy Lamb

Publishers of: Tampa Bay METRO™ Orlando METRO™ METRO Weddings + Events™ METRO Health + Wellness™ METRO Home + Design™

Stephen Parag II Publisher/ Editor-in-Chief

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