St. Pete, Gulfport leaders partner on business district

City council members representing both sides of 49th Street South are leading the push to create a business district encompassing a commercial corridor vital to the cities it intersects.

St. Petersburg City Councilmember John Muhammad and Gulfport City Councilmember Ian O’Hara hope to increase connectivity and support growth and innovation along the thoroughfare. Business owners and community stakeholders recently decided incorporating a Business District would best help achieve those goals.

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How WADA is working to retain creatives in the community

As the Sunshine City continues to promote itself as an artistic haven, with its mecca of museums and vibrant murals scattered throughout the downtown core, the escalating cost of living is forcing local artists to find housing far away from the bustling creative scene.

The growing number of luxury residential towers sprouting from corner lots, further exacerbating housing prices, and lack of affordable housing are issues that Warehouse Arts District Association Board President Mark Aeling and Director Markus Gottschlich want to confront through collaboration.