City seeks input on how to spend $45M in federal funds
June 24, 2021 - The City of St. Petersburg wants to hear from residents as to how it should allocate approximately $45 million it’s expected to receive from President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan Act. To that end, Mayor Rick Kriseman’s administration, with the support of City Council, has planned a series of workshops to gather community feedback. City officials have identified infrastructure, housing affordability, health equity, economic development, leisure services, public safety, transportation and resilience and sustainability as the eight areas of need that the funds could support. Workshops will be held on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Enoch Davis Center, 1111 18th Ave. S.; Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at J.W. Cate Rec Center, 5801 22nd Ave. N.; and Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Willis S. Johns Rec Center, 6635 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N. For updates and more information, visit stpete.org/ARPA.