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In 2008, investor Tom Gaffney bought the 600 block of St. Petersburg’s Central Avenue for $2.3 million. “Nobody went to the 600 block, ever,” he recalled. “It was all abandoned. Every store was empty. You can imagine what kind of shape it was in.”
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Part 2 of 2.
On the last Thursday afternoon in May, the J.W. Cate Recreation Center in St. Petersburg played host to several hundred residents, who milled around a basketball court ringed by folding tables, filling complimentary canvas bags with enough paper measured in pounds rather than pieces – each one potentially holding the information that would save their lives.
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Meg Lokey
New Company
Pinellas Community Foundation
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Former Company
Humane Society of Pinellas
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New Position
Director of Donor and Advisor Relations
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Former Position
Director Of Development
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