St. Petersburg said goodbye to two longstanding pillars of its City Council Thursday, outgoing Council Chair Charlie Gerdes of District 1, and Steve Kornell of District 5. With a combined 18 years of experience as council members, the pair leave big shoes to fill for newcomers Robert Blackmon and Deborah Figgs-Sanders.
St. Petersburg added more than 850,000 square feet of office space in the decade between 2009 and 2019, according to a new report from Commercial Café.
During the eight years Charlie Gerdes served on the St. Petersburg City Council, the city underwent a renaissance that was beyond his imagination when he first took office in early 2012.
Now that everyone’s got that whole holiday thing out of the way, attention is turned again to the visual arts and the performing arts – and January, as it happens, has got a lot to give us.
And a few of these recommendations take us into the early weeks of February, if you’re the planning sort...
Claire Selius spends her day-to-day in the nonprofit universe. But outside of her duties as Marketing Director of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Selius moonlights (and weekends) in the 5k race world.
It’s a stalemate. The City will not contribute to a part-time team and the Rays will not consider a new full-time stadium. A privately funded stadium is not in the cards. The Rays also rejected Mayor Kriseman’s offer to let them take another swing at sites in Hillsborough.
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council's Sean Sullivan writes, "As cities and towns around Florida grapple with how to plan for sea level rise and flooding, it’s critical that our leaders share ideas and best practices for resiliency."
