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St. Pete City Council backs ‘Million-Dollar Mission’ to buy local
Ester Venouziou, founder and president of LocalShops1, wants to be sure the Tampa-St. Petersburg area’s smallest merchants aren’t forgotten amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Venouziou started an online marketplace, buylocaltampabay.com, to help make it easier for consumers to connect with and ship directly from local makers and small businesses.
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Pinellas County restricts boating at part of Fort DeSoto Park
Swimmers will soon have one part of the water at Fort DeSoto Park all to themselves.
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners voted this week to restrict all watercraft — including boats, kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and jet skis — from entering a lagoon that’s formed just to the west of the popular North Beach shoreline. The restriction is intended to prevent collisions between swimmers and watercraft.
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CASA launches Covid-19 relief fund
CASA, the official domestic violence center for Pinellas County, had to cancel a major fundraising event and temporarily close its thrift store due to the Covid-19 crisis.
But the organization averted what could have been a major hit to its bottom line, when Tech Data, a Clearwater-based IT distributor, converted its presenting sponsorship for the spring gala into the champion sponsorship for a newly established CASA Covid-19 relief fund.
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‘Catalyst Sessions’ recap: Ronny Elliott
Friday on The Catalyst Sessions, self-proclaimed “hillbilly songwriter” Ronny Elliott took us down the long and winding road of the 1960s in Tampa Bay, when every kid seemed to pick up a guitar, or a pair of drumsticks, and kick-start a band in the family garage.
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