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Tampa Builder Jim Shimberg, Sr. Named Citizen of the Year
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James Shimberg, Sr. | James H. Shimberg, Sr., a founding trustee of the National Housing Endowment and a longtime member of NAHB, was named the Outstanding Citizen of the Year in Tampa, Fla. by the Tampa Metro Civitan Club for his leadership and lifetime commitment to the Tampa community.
“I couldn’t be more surprised,” Shimberg said. “This is a really distinct honor. I don’t know that I really deserve it.”
Through the years, Shimberg helped develop two Tampa hospitals — University Community Hospital and Pepin Heart Hospital. Has also has been a longtime advocate of workforce housing in the Tampa area.
The Shimberg family established the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing at the University of Florida, dedicated to developing solutions for creating safe, decent and affordable housing throughout Florida and establishing the state as an international model for developing and delivering affordable housing.
 Shimberg began building houses for first-time home buyers in the 1960s. He built Town ’N Country Park Community, one of the first suburban communities to offer affordable housing for working residents in the Tampa Bay area.
Shimberg has served on the executive committee of the endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB, since 1987. He has been the endowment’s treasurer for more than a decade.
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