Does St. Pete need a cleaner, safer downtown?

Calls for police assistance in downtown St. Petersburg have soared alongside the area’s growth and popularity. Some city and business leaders believe a new initiative can mitigate those and other issues.

The Clean & Safe Program would include sidewalk scrubbing, graffiti abatement, beautification projects and ambassadors who provide safety services, walking residents or visitors to their cars or homes, and social outreach efforts to address homelessness. The entire city council attended an exploratory committee discussion on the initiative Thursday morning.

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Pinellas airport to build $45 million parking garage

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) will soon have its first structured parking garage to accommodate ongoing exponential growth.

PIE is on pace to serve 2.74 million passengers in 2025, which would shatter the previous record of 2.49 million set in 2023. Michele Routh, public relations director, said leadership realized they could not wait for a much-anticipated terminal expansion to increase parking capacity.

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