Welch: We need to talk about Albert Whitted Airport

The 100-acre waterfront Albert Whitted Airport site, home to flight schools and charter operations, may serve a different use for the booming city, according to St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch.

"I would like for us to have a discussion about what the value of that is, the economic benefit and what might be the use of it for the next 100 years," Welch said Tuesday during the CREW Tampa Bay's 14th Economic Summit at the Tampa Marriot Water Street hotel. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor and Clearwater Mayor Brian Aungst joined him on stage.

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County ARPA funding allocations spark debate

Pinellas County Commissioners decided Tuesday how to spend $10.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding designated for nonprofits, which led to ardent debate over who made the cut.

The discourse centered on two applicants - the African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) and the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg. The Pinellas Community Foundation (PCF), hired to analyze and rank applications, placed APEDF fourth out of 19 applicants and recommended giving the parent nonprofit of a Black radio station $67,327 for a backup generator.