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Former St. Pete mayor joins development firm proposing Edge District hotel

DevMar Development, the company that wants to build a boutique hotel in the Edge District, has a political heavyweight on its staff.

City deal with UPC Insurance poised to move forward

St. Petersburg City Council members next month will be asked to approve the sale of city-owned land at 800 1st Ave. S. to United Insurance Holdings Corp. for $5 million.

Panel discussion Thursday focuses on arts and the ecomomy

Prominent figures in St. Petersburg’s rapidly-expanding arts and culture infrastructure will participate in a Suncoast Tiger Bay Club-sponsored panel discussion Thursday at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

A vision for economic growth in South St. Petersburg to be unveiled next week

Since its inception, One Community’s focus has been squarely on developing strategies and initiatives to grow the economy of South St. Petersburg; through wealth building, increased earned income, and building black business.

SunLit Festival welcomes ‘Stonewall’ author, illustrator

Before taking pen to paper (figuratively) for his latest project, children’s book author Rob Sanders considered whether the very young were ready to learn about one of the pivotal events in America’s not-always-pretty quest for gay rights.

The Shuffle

Tiffeny Milbrett
Tampa Bay United Rowdies

Zaps

The Hustle

Blake & Lauren Segall (Rollin' Retro)

Blake and Lauren Segall have put a new spin on the classic photobooth by retrofitting one into their Split Window Volkswagen Bus.

R'Club

R’Club provides care for more than 4,000 Pinellas County students, to help out working parents.

Influencer

Watson L. Haynes
PCUL

Focus: Segregation

Segregation By Design [Richard Rothstein]

‘Segregated By Design’ examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy.