Family Friendly Businesses Network Event- Summer 2025

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group held their summer Family Friendly Tampa Bay networking event hosted by Yeoman’s TopGolf Swing Suite. Businesses learned more about paid parental leave from Gretchen Whalen, Managing Partner at CliftonLarsonAllen, Adriana Generallo, President of Big Sea, and Terri Arias, Health and Wellness Manager at Hillsborough County. Thank you to our sponsor, Neal Communities, for providing drinks and light bites for our event.

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event – Spring 2025

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group hosted their Family Friendly Business Networking event at Voodoo Brewery. Thank you to Makayla Buchanan, Director of Early Learning and Literacy at the Florida Chamber Foundation, for speaking about Florida’s child care tax credit opportunity for our local businesses.

2024 Family Friendly Business Awards

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group hosted their annual Family Friendly Business Awards, celebrating 34 Tampa Bay businesses for putting their employees first. Congratulations to Pinellas County Schools for winning Family Friendly Business of the Year and thank you to Synovus Bank for sponsoring our annual celebration of Family Friendly Workplaces!

 

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event- Summer 2024

Thank you to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Yard House for sponsoring our first Family Friendly Businesses Network event in downtown Tampa! What an incredible turnout of folks from all sectors coming together to build connections and address how early learning deeply impacts our future workforce!

 

Family Friendly Businesses Network Event- Spring 2024

Thrive by Five’s Business Engagement work group held their first Family Friendly Businesses Network event, sponsored by 3 Daughters Brewing, where we learned from Dustin Becker, Client and Community Relations Manager, about how PNC Bank is a leader in corporate philanthropy and a shining example for our community!