St. Pete Housing Authority receives grant to upgrade homes

Low-income families finding refuge in the St. Petersburg Housing Authority’s 134 public housing units will soon see some home improvements, thanks to a $842,360 federal grant.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently awarded $3.17 billion in Public Housing Repair funding to 2,756 agencies nationwide. While the money is primarily for capital improvements, awardees can also use it to develop, finance and modernize units.

Rays stadium discussion dates spark debate

Places This Week: A Pinellas Point ‘birdcage home’

St. Pete has an equity office at full strength

Mayor Ken Welch recently announced two new positions and hires within St. Petersburg’s Office of Equity. The man leading them is ready to embrace some hard work.

Carl Lavender, interim chief equity officer, said an office priority is preventing youth gun violence. A May 11 funeral underscored the mission's importance.

Arts Alive! podcast: Peter Tush, the Dali Museum

As the Dali Museum’s Curator of Education, Peter Tush is the person who decides how the works of the Surrealist master, and of the other artists on exhibition alongside Dali, should be “interpreted” for the public. He trains the museum’s docents, writes the audio tours and the gallery labels, arranges school programming and gives talks – lots of talks – about each exhibit as it debuts.

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