Tombolo Books and the African American Heritage Association invite you to join us for our first installment of Community Conversations of 2025.

This month we will be discussing St. Petersburg's Gas Plant Neighborhood through a preview of the forthcoming documentary RAZED which explores the untold story of a once vibrant Black community displaced by a city’s dream of professional baseball team.

Directed and produced by Andrew Lee and Tara Segall of Roundhouse Creative, Razed captures first - hand accounts from former Gas Plant Neighborhood residents, preserving memori es of a close - knit community that was once filled with families, businesses, churches, and a strong sense of belonging before Tropicana Field and acres of asphalt parking lots displaced the community. The documentary was created in partnership with Gwendolyn Reese of the African American Heritage Association of St. Petersburg and is supported by the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg who will lead the discussion.