Rays redevelopment deal officially ends, progress continues

St. Petersburg will receive $400,000 annually and can redevelop part of the Tropicana Field site under a new licensing agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays.

City council members also unanimously approved allocating an additional $5.26 million to repair the storm-damaged stadium Thursday. The estimated $55 million project is on pace to conclude in April 2026, before the start of a new Major League Baseball season.

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Revised St. Pete job loss data provides optimism

It turns out that St. Petersburg’s job loss data was not half as bad as the numbers presented during the city's State of the Economy address in May.

Councilmember Gina Driscoll subsequently requested an administrative analysis on the declining job growth in June. “I absolutely do not want us to become a bedroom community for Tampa and other cities that are creating jobs,” she said.

Arts Alive!: Rui Farias and the Civil Rights Trolley Tour

For this edition of Arts Alive!, we forgo the fun and frivolity of our regular podcast programming to focus on a weekend event that’s enlightening, not entertaining: St. Petersburg Museum of History director Rui Farias’ trolley tour of significant places from the civil rights movement in St. Petersburg.

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