Mayor Ken Welch has frequently noted that former Gas Plant residents and their descendants have waited 40 years for the site to provide economic revitalization. The...
Uncertainty surrounding the Historic Gas Plant’s redevelopment – anchored by a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark – caused the Woodson African American Museum of Florida to...
Mayor Ken Welch has publicly acknowledged that fissures in a partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays may be too wide to mend. Welch’s relatively brief comments...
St. Petersburg celebrated the long-lasting impacts created by five of the city’s African American leaders Saturday night at the 10th annual Legacy Awards Dinner. The importance...
St. Petersburg will uphold its end of a deal – thought dead two weeks ago – to help fund a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The...
The Tampa Bay Rays will not terminate plans to build a new stadium in downtown St. Petersburg, likely ensuring the team retains control over a $6.7...
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch contritely accepted the blame for his administration’s well-intentioned employee bonus payments. “The buck stops here,” he said Friday afternoon. The 17...
St. Petersburg officials have established an advanced air mobility task force’s framework, less than a month after stressing the need to “catch up” with the rapidly...
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County and Tampa Bay Rays officials took a moment to celebrate what Mayor Ken Welch called a “providential day” Wednesday morning. The meeting...
In January 2023, Mayor Ken Welch compared a proposed partnership between St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Rays to an engagement. He also hoped Pinellas County...
