Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Administration's Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Robert J. Kerstein
Publication Date
10-16-2007
Date
2005-05-31
Abstract
Former Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman, discusses her life in politics in Tampa, Florida. She begins the interview with a brief discussion of her childhood and how she came to the Tampa Bay area. She also discusses her tenure on the Tampa City Council as a council member and later as chairman of the council. Ms. Freedman discusses her time as acting mayor and mayor of the city of Tampa from 1986 to1995. She also discusses city programs that were significant to her as mayor: Tampa Neighborhood Cleanup, the Growth Management Act of 1985 (neighborhood element), the Community Reinvestment Act (implemented on a local level), Tampa Heights building and redevelopment project, the sister-city program, and the building of the Tampa Convention Center. The interview ends with Ms. Freedman reflecting on her time as mayor and what she would have done differently.
Keywords
Sandra W. Freedman (1943- ), Tampa (Fla.). Mayor, Community development, City planning, Tampa (Fla.). City Council, Tampa Convention Center
Extent
04:24:03; 71 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
F50-00005
Recommended Citation
Freedman, Sandy, "Sandy Freedman Oral History Interview" (2007). Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Administration's Oral History Project. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/freedman_ohp/8
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