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An $11.7 million floating laboratory that oceanography officials believe will bolster the area’s blue economy and workforce has made the trek from California to St. Petersburg’s...
St. Petersburg City Council members recently welcomed state lawmakers to City Hall for a legislative recap, and the discussion often centered on one topic – a...
An initiative to help 253 St. Petersburg city employees with residency requirements afford soaring rents has just 23 participants through its first eight months. The program...
Volunteers with the Water Warrior Alliance collected over 1,900 pounds – just under a ton – of trash and debris from local waterways Saturday as part...
A new report released by the state shows that St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport is a robust economic asset in the local region, despite some setbacks. In...
Burgeoning minority and women-owned small businesses affiliated with the Saturday Shoppes will soon have brick-and-mortar space downtown, thanks to a new partnership with the St. Petersburg...
The future redevelopment of the former Gas Plant District and other transformative projects on city-owned land must meet criteria under the established Community Benefits Program –...
Despite recent clamoring for more pickleball facilities, a new study validated what St. Petersburg parks officials have repeatedly stated – the city is on the “bleeding...
Long before becoming one of Time‘s 100 Most Influential People, Nadine Smith was arrested at Largo City Hall for handing someone a flier emblazoned with “Don’t Discriminate”...
Washington D.C.-based Dantes Partners, the development firm overseeing the affordable housing aspect of the Tropicana Field/Gas Plant District redevelopment, now has another historic local project in...
