St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has held a seat at the table over the years in determining the future of the 86-acre Tropicana Field site. With the rise of new and heightened priorities coming into focus, he is reigniting the process of selecting the right team.
"I've been involved in this process since the beginning as a county commissioner, so I reviewed their proposals [from multiple developers] and I've gone to the meetings. I've always thought to move forward, the No.1 the key element, which is why we are doing these community conversations again, is a lot of this happened in the midst of the pandemic so you had limited input," Welch said Monday inside City Hall.
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