Mayor Ken Welch’s second annual State of the City address may have lacked a major announcement, but the pomp, circumstance and focus on unity found at the first event remained.
The inaugural address at City Hall was headlined by Welch selecting the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines to redevelop Tropicana Field. Tuesday morning's redux at the Palladium Theater highlighted recent milestones - St. Petersburg received $1.37 billion in new construction value last year - and future aspirations.
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