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15 Nov

New St. Petersburg Pier starting to rise above ground

ST. PETERSBURG — It’s not easy to picture the city’s shiny new Pier District amid the mounds of excavated earth, stacks of steel supports, cranes dangling overhead and pilings rising from the depths of Tampa Bay.But a tour of the 26-acre waterfront park conducted

07 Aug

Trop ideas: Bring back Gas Plant name. Build convention center.

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ST. PETERSBURG — The city is crafting a new vision for the 86 acres that surround Tropicana Field. Step one: Don’t call it the Trop anymore. City officials and planners behind the massive redevelopment want to move beyond the baseball dome and reconnect with the

27 Jul

St. Petersburg’s appeal for Midtown investment faces pushback from residents

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ST. PETERSBURG — Downtown is booming. But for some areas south of Central Avenue, economic progress is slow. The Midtown area has the largest concentration of poverty in Pinellas County. It hasn’t seen sustainable economic growth in more than 30 years, according to Rick Smith,

24 Jul

June unemployment jumps to 3.5 percent in Pinellas

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By SUZETTE PORTER, Tampa Bay Newspapers Pinellas County’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed to 3.5 percent in June – up from 3.1 percent reported in May, but still better than 3.8 percent in the same month last year. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

23 Jul

CRANE WATCH SPONSORED BY Get a bird’s-eye view of Tampa Bay’s biggest construction projects, from Water Street Tampa to apartments on St. Pete’s Central Avenue (Photos)

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See pictures here From Water Street Tampa's 26-story JW Marriott hotel to Related Group's new luxury apartments on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, iconic developments are changing the landscape of the entire Tampa Bay region. The region's multifamily boom rolls on, with projects underway from downtown

19 Jul

St. Pete council votes advance Pier District construction

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The piles of the old St. Petersburg Pier can be seen amid new, taller ones that have been installed for the education center that will be part of the project. On Thursday, the City Council voted on several matters related to the pier project, including

18 Jul

St. Petersburg ranked best-run city in Florida

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – WalletHub recently released a ranking of the best-run cities across the nation and placed St. Petersburg in the top 50 cities, making it the highest-ranked city for the state of Florida. With the vision of “a city of opportunity where the sun shines on

25 Jun

Wondering what St. Pete is up to? Check the city’s data yourself

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Using St. Peterburg's new interactive data tool, StPeteState, residents can see where in the city crimes, code violations or 311 reports were made. This screenshot shows reports from the city's maintenance request 311 app of code violations made downtown from June 10-14. ST. PETERSBURG —

02 May

In St. Pete, accident releases 120,000 gallons of reclaimed water

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ST. PETERSBURG — A contractor broke a pipe that resulted in about 120,000 gallons of reclaimed water being released on Wednesday, according to city officials. The discharge lasted about 20 minutes, officials said, and took place at about noon during work on a storm drainage project

18 Apr

From St. Pete Police HQ to Julian B. Lane Park, see progress of Tampa Bay projects under construction (Photos)

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View Sideshow here Aerial Innovations took photos of major projects happening around the seven-county Tampa Bay area. See photos in the gallery above and find details on projects in the Tampa Bay Business Journal‘s Crane Watch map here. Related links $35M Julian B. Lane Park nears completion and is seen

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