EDC spotlights new companies relocating to St. Pete, goals to propel momentum

Since its inception five years ago, the St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp., tasked with recruiting new companies and helping existing businesses, has announced nearly 2,000 new jobs in the city – and it's expecting that number to drastically grow in the coming years.

The St. Pete EDC celebrated its five years of accomplishments, and the region’s success, at its fifth annual meeting Thursday at the Don CeSar.

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VINTAGE ST. PETE: And still more movies on location

Ray Liotta took the red-eye from Los Angeles to Tampa on March 7, 1999, and when he stumbled off the plane, around 4 a.m., the actor was detained by airport police.

Flight attendants accused the GoodFellas star of becoming verbally abusive when they declined to serve him more wine. The legal complaint included the phrase “drunk and belligerent.”

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