What’s in a name? Mayor rebrands administrations

St. Petersburg’s leisure services administrator said talks regarding a departmental name change with Mayor Ken Welch began in earnest following Hurricane Ian.

It was late September 2022, and Mike Jefferies and about 150 members of his parks & recreation team were clearing debris from city streets so first responders could safely pass. As their administrative leader, Jefferis wore a polo shirt emblazoned with the leisure services moniker.

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Arts Alive!: Liz Dimmitt and Mikhail Mansion, Fairgrounds

Liz Dimmitt and Mikhail Mansion, two of the co-founders of Fairgrounds St. Pete, are today’s guests on the Arts Alive! podcast. She is the CEO; he is the CTO, which means he creates the installation technology that makes their “immersive art and technology museum” blink, shimmer, rotate and undulate. Mikhail makes it move.

Fairgrounds St. Pete features the work of 70 local and regional artists; it’s a walk-through series of rooms, open spaces and areas that defy description, all created with fun and whimsy in mind.

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