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Junior Achievement Finance Park teaches students how to manage money

Junior Achievement of Tampa to unveil new financial education facility

Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay will unveil the new JA Finance Park on Sept. 13.

The JA Finance Park, a collaboration of SunTrust Banks and Hillsborough County Public Schools, will serve more than 13,000 local middle school students annually.

JA Finance Park Presented by SunTrust Promotion

Director Christina Roberts discussing JA Finance Park on WFLA.

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Cybercop kids! Tampa’s BizTown opens cybersecurity storefront
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Tax credits help fund Junior Achievement financial literacy center in Tampa
A capital campaign for JA Finance Park presented by SunTrust has topped the $6 million mark. Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay used a complex New Markets Tax Credits financing facility that bridged pledges to date with tax equity, to get a $1.4 million benefit, a press release said. 

Bank of America throws $600,000 ‘surprise party’ for nonprofits
Junior Achievement will use its grant dollars to continue supporting the “Sharks” entrepreneurial after school program for kids at Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School in North Tampa and Hillsborough Community College in Brandon.