Juvenile Welfare Board CEO Beth Houghton says goodbye

The two main drivers in Beth Houghton’s professional life have always been passion and compassion.

Houghton will retire July 11, after nearly six years as Chief Executive Officer of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County. This is work about which she remains passionate - Houghton concisely defines juvenile welfare as “Strengthening children, and supporting children so that they are safe, they are well-prepared for school, they do well in school and they have the best lives they can have. In all the ways you might think about that.”

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City officials have repeatedly pledged that St. Petersburg’s Main Library would, finally, reopen this summer. Anxious stakeholders should keep the champagne on ice.

The library, renamed after former President Barack Obama in February 2021, closed the following month for long-overdue renovations. Contractors subsequently discovered asbestos, and construction costs soared.

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