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When Pinellas County Commissioners handed over the keys to an expansive community hub last year, they hoped a unique public-private partnership would bolster its impact; the...
For five burgeoning minority and women small business owners affiliated with the Saturday Shoppes, seeing their wares on shelves in a brick-and-mortar store was the culmination...
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) officials have recommended eliminating and reducing routes to balance their budget, even as some residents and local leaders clamor for increased...
Corals are living organisms critical to marine ecosystems and economies, and an “unprecedented” heat wave fueling increasingly warmer waters has decimated Florida’s reefs. Local organizations are...
Barbers, child care providers, chefs, artists and others are finalizing their business plans as the South St. Pete microfund pilot program is wrapping up. St. Petersburg...
Weeds are the only thing that has grown vertically nearly eight months after local leaders broke ground on a long-awaited South St. Petersburg affordable townhome development....
Several roadway improvement initiatives, representing billions in state funding, are progressing throughout St. Petersburg, with some nearing completion. The five projects with cost estimates total $2.016...
Years of work to establish and enhance local renter protections is now all for naught due to a recently enacted state law. The St. Petersburg City...
The Homeless Leadership Alliance (HLA) of Pinellas County recently released results from a study that’s critical to understanding the local unsheltered population and meeting their needs....
Pinellas County residents may see $946 million worth of improvements in road projects, buildings and parks as part of the newly proposed $3.8 billion budget. Pinellas...
