Is the private sector key to solving the housing crisis?

As a panel of local experts recently explained, identifying what's causing the ongoing affordable housing crisis is much easier than ascertaining or implementing solutions.

However, the three local leaders did their best to relay both during a discussion Wednesday night. The St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, Treasure Island and Madeira Beach Chamber of Commerce, St. Petersburg College’s Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions and Amplify Clearwater held the engagement at the SPC Bay Pines STEM Center.

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‘Delayed but not denied:’ St. Pete honors veterans

A hurricane may have postponed the City of St. Petersburg's annual Veteran's Day Celebration from Nov. 11, but as many local officials noted, service members' sacrifices deserve recognition perpetually.

The Veteran’s Memorial at a foggy Williams Park served as the backdrop for the ninth annual celebration Friday morning. Local officials attended the downtown event en masse, with six of eight council members joining Mayor Ken Welch and several administrators in front of the downtown monument to honor two local heroes.