Foot Locker’s relocation deal is dead on arrival

Local business and civic leaders celebrated companies that “become St. Pete” in February, a list highlighted by Foot Locker’s impending arrival. The company has called off the moving trucks.

Foot Locker will no longer relocate its global headquarters to St. Petersburg following its acquisition by Dick’s Sporting Goods. Mayor Ken Welch’s administration notified city council members in a memo Wednesday, a day before they were set to vote on a formal update.

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Park expansion adds green space to Harbordale

Fifty-five-hundred square feet may be smaller than the lot of an average home, but for the residents of Harbordale, a neighborhood on St. Petersburg’s South Side, it’s enough to open up a whole new world.

That beginning was celebrated Friday as Mayor Ken Welch and City officials including Council Chair Copley Gerdes, Councilmember Gina Driscoll and former Councilmember Robert Blackmon opened the expansion of Harbordale Park. The expansion was the result of the City’s purchase of a derelict property blocking nearly the entire frontage of the park along East Harbor Road. 

Michael Fortenbery

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