Personnel issues exacerbate St. Pete’s permit backlog

St. Petersburg’s development boom led to a construction permit backlog that an unprecedented hurricane season has since compounded.

While officials believe a new platform will help hasten the process, persistent personnel issues remain an ongoing concern. An independent study released in 2024 echoed recent comments from local developers: The understaffed permitting department needs more people.

Rep. Castor honors St. Petersburg’s ‘Hurricane Heroes’	Places This Week: Tyrone Tower office building for sale
City: Barack Obama Library will re-open this summer	City will pay for private sewer repairs in problem areas

Looking forward: The month of March in the arts

Let’s all say this at the same time: “How can it be March already?”

Moving on with our advance peek at what’s going on in entertainment and the arts in this third month of 2025: It’ll come in like a lion - and go out like a lion. There’s wall-to-wall good stuff here for all of us to enjoy.

Arts Alive! podcast: freeFall’s Mizner Brothers

Addison and Wilson Mizer, eccentric California-born brothers who created their own version of the American Dream at the turn of the (last) century, are the central characters in Road Show, the Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman musical now onstage at freeFall Theatre. Joey Panek and Robert Teasdale play “Addie” and “Willie,” respectively, in the production onstage through March 16. They are today’s guests on the Arts Alive! podcast.

	Report: Storm-damaged Don Cesar to reopen in March
	St. Pete residents could decide property tax increase
	Applications open for Ocean Enterprise Accelerator
	St. Pete’s planning director announces retirement