5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (210+ words) St. Pete pride murals painted over – again St Pete Catalyst Weeks after portions of two St. Petersburg Pride murals began bubbling up through the black surfaces that covered them last year, the intersections at Central Avenue and 25th Street and Central…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (865+ words) Developer John Barkett said three of the project’s seven businesses are Black-owned, and described a deliberate effort to recruit within the Black business community. A few blocks south of downtown St. Petersburg, the 900 and 1000 blocks of Dr. Martin Luther King…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (159+ words) The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority has received $850,000 in federal funding to help construct a permanent dock in downtown St. Petersburg for the upcoming Tampa Bay Ferry service. U.S. representative Kathy Castor, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, PSTA leaders and Hubbard's Marina…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (621+ words) Council kept the rate at 6.4525 mills as property taxes, utility costs and affordability take center stage in the mayoral race. St. Petersburg City Council approved a 6.4525 mill property tax rate Thursday, keeping it unchanged for another year as property taxes…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (990+ words) A five-story apartment building could soon become much easier to build along many of St. Petersburg’s commercial corridors. Some members of the Development Review Commission reviewing those rules think St. Pete should make room for seven. The question emerged Wednesday…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (449+ words) The organization is exploring local impact investing. Pinellas Community Foundation CEO Duggan Cooley joined Tampa Bay area business leaders Wednesday evening at a Florida Economic Club social in St. Petersburg. For Cooley, it was an opportunity to discuss the nonprofit’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (893+ words) The panelists discussed their careers and how people shaped their life trajectories. Tampa Bay area leaders came together Wednesday to discuss the connections between civic engagement, history, philanthropy and community impact. The panel discussion, held at the University of South…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (730+ words) Business leaders urge a Duke deal as St. Pete awaits its own $590,000 analysis. A Duke Energy-commissioned analysis estimates St. Petersburg could spend between $2.75 billion and $4.1 billion to create a municipal electric utility, and local business leaders say it reinforces their…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (529+ words) St. Petersburg residents will pay more for water, wastewater, stormwater, sanitation and reclaimed water beginning Oct. 1 after City Council approved three utility-rate ordinances Thursday. The sanitation and stormwater increases each passed 6-2, with Councilmembers Gina Driscoll and Corey Givens opposed. The…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (748+ words) “I want them to listen to their constituents.” A newly formed St. Petersburg group is asking City Council to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety and remove roughly 50 automated license plate readers from city streets. DeFlock St. Pete’s first…...