St. Petersburg’s recently launched Renter Utility Relief program is an immediate success that underscores an increasing need amid soaring costs. Mayor Ken Welch, in partnership with...
Utility rates have soared alongside rents, leaving some residents to choose what bills they can afford to pay in any given month. They now have a...
A long-awaited housing project in St. Petersburg’s Disston Heights neighborhood is inching forward and will eventually provide 97 affordable units for low-income families and seniors. The...
What should have been a joyous occasion for David Sokol and his nearly 100 employees at Fresco’s Waterfront Bistro left more questions than answers. Mayor Ken...
The City of St. Pete Beach is perilously close to not having a functioning government as all four city commissioners intend to leave office before Dec....
St. Petersburg’s ongoing construction boom has shown no signs of slowing; in addition, the city’s planning departments are undergoing massive changes. The result is a permitting...
A local development firm is celebrating the completion of its first workforce housing project, the Sixteenth Square Townhomes, and the homeownership opportunities it provides. St. Petersburg-based...
Local leaders comprising the newly formed Hillsborough/Pinellas Workforce Development Consortium have taken their first steps toward establishing a consolidated organization. Several CareerSource Pinellas, CareerSource Tampa Bay...
While a new initiative that fosters South St. Petersburg small businesses found success – with 95% of the inaugural cohort completing the program – city officials...
In 2022, St. Petersburg administrators identified 14 industrially zoned properties that met an affordable housing program’s requirements – that number balloons to 74 under the Live...