Squeeze Juice Works owner eyes new wellness business

Squeeze Juice Works, a health-focused beverage business that once operated multiple locations in the Tampa Bay area, has closed its final storefront in St. Petersburg. Owner Kelly Lessem, who founded the company in 2012, is now pivoting to a new venture: A wellness co-working space.

Soul Purpose is set to open soon at 675 30th Ave. N. in St. Petersburg. The location was home to the last standing Squeeze Juice Works location; it closed Jan. 20.

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Storm-damaged Pier sculpture to come down Monday

Instead of gently undulating in the breeze, as it was designed to do, the massive “floating sculpture” on the St. Pete Pier has been hanging like a limp dishrag for months.

The culprits: Debby, Helene and Milton. An unprecedented, successive series of hurricane-force winds tore sections of the net-like Bending Arc from its moorings and turned them inside out.

Arts Alive! podcast: Poet and novelist Gloria Muñoz

St. Petersburg Poet Laureate Gloria Muñoz is our guest on this episode of Arts Alive! Born night here in the city, Muñoz is one of the brightest literary lights we have.