Over 61,000 St. Petersburg residents - 35.5% of the population - live in households that struggle to put food on the table after dedicating their income to soaring living costs.
Persistent hunger and the stress of wondering if your parents can afford the electric bill have an outsized impact on children who live in ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) homes. A local organization is now rallying civic leaders to transform the city's approach to mitigating food insecurity.
St. Petersburg’s road from winter playground to retirement village to buzzing metropolis has been long and bumpy. Arguments over what should remain, and what should be taken down and built over in the name of progress, have raged for a century.
The Soreno Hotel, which loomed seven stories above the bayfront for almost 70 years, at the intersection of Beach Drive and 1st Avenue North, could’ve been the poster child for the tug of war between developers and preservationists.
Today’s Arts Alive! podcast pairs Bob Devin Jones and Erica Sutherlin of The Studio @620. Los Angelino Jones founded St. Petersburg’s independent arts and performance incubator/space 20 years ago and has been an integral part of the city's arts scene the entire time.