Port Tampa Bay Renews Strategic Communications Contract with HCP Associates
TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 20, 2018) – Port Tampa Bay’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously during the Port’s monthly business meeting on November 13 to exercise the first extension option of the three-year contract with HCP Associates, Inc. for strategic communications from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019. “HCP provides exceptional depth and enormous talent…
HCP Associate Returns from Leadership Florida’s First International Alumni Excursion to London
TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 12, 2018)—Last week, HCP Associate’s Managing Partner Eric Polins, a Leadership Florida Cornerstone XXVIII Graduate, traveled to London for the organization’s first ever international graduate excursion. “From our time with the CEO from Lloyd’s of London to a beautiful mixer atop the infamous Shard building in London’s financial district, we had a…
HCP Associates Wins Three PRestige Awards at Annual Public Relations Society of Tampa Bay Ceremony
Pictured, HCP Associates Eric Polins and Port Tampa Bay’s Jamal Sowell. TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 9, 2018)— Yesterday at the 4th annual awards ceremony, the PRSA Tampa Bay Chapter recognized HCP Associates with three PRestige Awards for outstanding public relations tactics. Works recognized included: two long-form/short-form videos and one non-profit broadcast public service announcement (PSA). The…
Hillsborough County Voters Pass Referendum to Strengthen Our Schools
On November 6, 2018, Hillsborough County Referendum No. 3 passed with 56.35 percent of residents voting ‘YES.’ The Strengthen Our Schools (SOS) Campaign was a political campaign initiated and funded by the labor union HCTA and public donations. The SOS campaign engaged with HCP Associates to promote and spread public awareness about the referendum. The…
HCP Associates Names Robert Allen Vice President
TAMPA, Fla., (November 7, 2018) HCP Associates Managing Partners Eric Polins and Sean Coniglio announced today the hiring of Robert Allen Jr. as the firm’s Vice President. “We are extremely excited to welcome Robert to the HCP Associates family. Approaching our 33rd year in business, we have experienced tremendous growth over the past few years.…
HCP Associates Completes PSTA Baseline Community Sentiment Study
PETERSBURG, Fla., (November 5, 2018) Pinellas County’s transit organization, The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), engaged HCP Associates earlier this year to conduct a community sentiment study. The organization conducts rider surveys but despite rising ridership, a majority of Pinellas County citizens are untapped by their services. This realization promoted the organization to extend its…
HCP Associates Completes Second Biennial Resident and Worker Ybor District Study for the Ybor City Development Corporation
TAMPA, Fla., (October 31, 2018) HCP Associates, the marketing firm on record for the Ybor City Development Corporation (YCDC), a division of the City of Tampa’s Economic & Urban Development Department, completed the second biennial worker and resident study of the district. The objectives of the study were to: Collect perceived assets and opportunities for…
HCP Associates Completes HART Baseline Community Sentiment Study
TAMPA, Fla. (October 29, 2018) – Earlier this year, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Agency (HART) selected HCP Associates to conduct a baseline community sentiment study. HART wanted to understand how Hillsborough County residents perceive the organization and the job they are doing as the county’s transit authority. HCP closely evaluated the organization’s internal documents, along…
HCP Associates Partners with Florida Institute of Government at USF to Conduct Sarasota Citizen Survey
SARASOTA, Fla. (September 13, 2018) Dr. Susan MacManus, a longtime political science professor at the University of South Florida retired in the Spring of 2018 after 47 years of service. MacManus has typically led the Sarasota County Citizens’ Opinion Survey, but HCP was suggested by MacManus’ longtime project associate Dr. Susan Schuler to take over…
HCP Associates selected to conduct Consumer and Commercial Recycling Awareness Research
PETERSBURG, Fla. (September 6, 2018)— Pinellas County approved a four-year agreement between the Pinellas County Department of Solid Waste and HCP Associates, Inc. for the provision of research services. This study has been ongoing since the late 1980’s. The results are used to prepare data such as recycling participation rates for Pinellas County’s annual Solid…