Tangerine Plaza food desert could become culinary arts center

The area surrounding Tangerine Plaza labeled as a food desert could see a food bank and culinary arts incubator.

Faith-based nonprofit group Positive Impact Worldwide, which provides food and programs to children and families in St. Petersburg, is vying to purchase the 40,000-square-foot Tangerine Plaza, which formerly housed a Sweetbay supermarket and Walmart Neighborhood Market.

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St. Pete explores providing attorneys for tenants

A week after deciding to keep rent control off municipal ballots, St. Petersburg city leaders are now moving forward with a program to provide legal counsel for those facing eviction.

According to a July study by the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, just 3% of U.S. tenants have legal representation when undergoing eviction proceedings - compared to 82% of landlords.

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