Plans for shipping container residential complex near Booker Creek move forward

The St. Pete Community Redevelopment Agency supported a St. Petersburg startup's plans to create a residential complex using shipping containers.

On Thursday, the St. Petersburg City Council, meeting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, unanimously approved Path Communities' proposed project to build 31 small apartments from shipping containers at 1700 Burlington Ave. as it is consistent with the Intown West Redevelopment Plan.

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Criminal justice reform gets bipartisan support from senators at forum

In a show of bipartisan solidarity, State Senators Jeff Brandes (R) and Daryl Rouson (D) held a community forum on criminal justice reform at St. Petersburg College Thursday evening.

Moderated by former Judge Dee Anna Farnell, the forum’s aim was to ...