In 1886, Don Vicente Martinez-Ybor moved his cigar factory from Key West to Tampa and founded Ybor City. Other cigar manufacturers soon followed. Many Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants worked in ...

Dedicated on L. Ron Hubbard’s centennial birthday, the Church restored Tampa’s first cigar factory into a vibrant spiritual hub of uplift, culture and outreach.

Three new buildings in Ybor City will be named in honor of those who helped make Ybor City and Tampa into what it is today. The developers of the Gasworx project announced that three of their ...