Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, Ester Venouziou, founder of LocalShops1, has found new ways to connect the businesses her organization serves with the local community....
The city of St. Petersburg spent $14.1 million on construction contracts and the purchase of goods and services from small business enterprises in the first 10...
At 9 a.m. Friday, the St. Pete Pier Marketplace was already bustling with activity. The 17 vendors who are the inaugural tenants in the Marketplace were...
Cope Notes, a mental health support service, won the $5,000 prize at St. Pete Pitch Night, an event focused on showcasing, elevating and seeding community-based businesses....
Seventeen local small businesses will be spotlighted in The Marketplace, one of the first areas visitors will see at the new St. Pete Pier. The small...
NAMAKA, a St. Petersburg-based skincare brand, is going national, after striking a deal with Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN), a retail chain headquartered in Philadelphia,...
A new program from Tampa Bay Innovation Center is aimed at helping the local economy recover from COVID-19. The program — CO.STARTERS Rebuild — offers 10 weeks...
Ester Venouziou, founder and president of LocalShops1, wants to be sure the Tampa-St. Petersburg area’s smallest merchants aren’t forgotten amid the COVID-19 crisis. Venouziou started an...
Hundreds of small businesses that received Payroll Protection Program loans relied on a St. Petersburg-based professional employer organization to help them with the process. Securing the...
Pinellas County small businesses can begin applying Monday for $5,000 grants from the county. The grants for businesses, as well as a financial assistance program for...
