The debate is over: St. Petersburg City Council members approved a $6.7 billion proposal to anchor a reimagined Historic Gas Plant District with a new Tampa...
Mayor Ken Welch noted that St. Petersburg sits on the precipice of a “historic opportunity” Tuesday morning. Just over four hours later, after a final workshop...
Part two of two. Mayor Ken Welch said the “whole point” of two previous Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment workshops was to glean feedback from the...
Part one of two. Mayor Ken Welch has repeatedly referred to Historic Gas Plant District and Tropicana Field redevelopment negotiations as an iterative process fueled by...
The St. Petersburg City Council will no longer receive final documents regarding a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium and the surrounding Historic Gas Plant District’s redevelopment...
Ensuring environmental resiliency throughout the St. Petersburg peninsula is paramount as temperatures increase, sea levels rise and storms become more frequent and intense. It is also...
In what is likely a bellwether for final agreement votes, the St. Petersburg City Council passed multiple measures related to the Historic Gas Plant District’s $6.5...
In January 2023, Mayor Ken Welch compared a partnership between St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Rays to an engagement. The betrothed announced the team was...
While the area continues to see warmer temperatures, increased flooding and rapidly intensifying storms, Tuesday evening’s conference on climate change had an underlying message of hope....
A makeup date to discuss plans for a new $1.3 billion ballpark in downtown St. Petersburg caused Thursday evening’s city council meeting to conclude on a...
