Subsidizing affordable housing becoming more expensive for St. Petersburg

Local officials are encountering a new impediment, soaring construction costs, in their urgent pursuit to provide more affordable housing for desperate residents.

The St. Petersburg City Council heard a request from Missouri-based developer Exact Shell Dash (ESD) Thursday for an additional $617,000 incentive to construct 10 single-family homes at 12th Ave. and 16th St. S. The increase more than doubles the original amount of city funding for the project - provided by the South St. Pete Community Redevelopment Act (CRA) - to $1.075 million.

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Roy Peter Clark Award to kick off 2022 SunLit Literary Festival

The sixth annual SunLit Literary Festival, a celebration of the literary arts in St. Petersburg, will begin April 1 with the Roy Peter Clark Award, honoring an area resident for contributions to reading, writing, literacy and community.

The nominees for the award, named for veteran Poynter Institute writing coach Roy Peter Clark, are:

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