St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announces plans for the City to purchase the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum
On Tuesday, March 10, Mayor Rick Kriseman and Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin stood with members of St. Petersburg City Council, and representatives from the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum as well as the St. Petersburg Housing Authority to announce the intent of the city to purchase the museum.
Said Dr. Tomalin: "Today is about more than a beloved building that sits under this canopy of oaks in the heart of our city. It's about each of the places, and most importantly the people, it honors and serves. It's about the history of this corridor."
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Mayor's Public Schedule Highlights
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Mayor Kriseman's Calendar
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| Tuesday, March 17
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Raffle winner to spend "A Day With The Mayor"
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| Wednesday, March 18
9 a.m.
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Tourist Development Committee meeting
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| Wednesday, March 18
1:30 a.m.
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Tour of Eagle Datagistics & Interview with St. Pete Radio
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| Thursday, March 19
10:30 a.m.
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Mayor Kriseman's Grand Prix Go-Cart Challenge to Local Mayors, Anderson Race Park
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| Saturday, March 21
8 a.m.
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Ride to Recovery Event (Start at Tropicana Field)
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| Saturday, March 21
1 p.m.
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4th Annual James Weldon Johnson Literacy Festival
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Deputy Mayor Tomalin's Calendar
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| Monday, March 16
6:30 p.m.
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Universal Curbside Recycling Meeting, City Council District 1
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Please join us at the Inaugural Fast Friday Community Block Party Friday, March 27 starting at 5:30 p.m. In celebration of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race weekend, we invite the community to come have some fun on Central Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets (same location as the monthly Get Downtown/First Friday block parties). The event is free and open to the public. The community can expect lots of race-themed fun and games - including family-friendly activities such as face painting, bean bag toss, trivia and an IndyCar show car photo opportunity. The Fast Friday Community Block Party is the official after party and awards ceremony location of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 5K happening earlier that evening.
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Tampa Bay Times: Editorial: St. Petersburg reasonably moves to protect museum
The city of St. Petersburg announced plans Tuesday to buy the building that houses the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, a Solomonic gesture that ends a nearly yearlong debate about the museum's future. The move should protect a property that has become a cultural touchstone and a source of pride for the community.
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Tampa Bay Times: St. Petersburg announces plan to buy controversial Woodson African American Museum
The city will try to purchase the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, quelling a controversy that has been brewing for months.
Mayor Rick Kriseman and Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin announced their intentions Tuesday at a news conference outside the small community museum on Ninth Avenue S near 22nd Street, an area in Midtown targeted for rejuvenation.
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St. Petersburg Tribune: St. Pete mayor: City will buy African American museum
The uneasiness brewing about the future of the Dr. Carter Woodson African American Museum was put to rest Tuesday when Mayor Rick Kriseman announced the city would step in to buy and preserve the neighborhood landmark.
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Bay News 9: Mayor Rick Kriseman: St. Petersburg to buy Woodson African American Museum
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has announced plans for the city to begin the process to purchase the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum.
Kriseman made the announcement Tuesday morning at the museum, located at 2240 Ninth Avenue South. He said it's simply the right thing to do.
"If we've got cultural amenities in the downtown area or west St. Pete, we need to have them here in south St. Pete too," he said.
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ABC Action News: City of St. Petersburg looking to buy Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum
After hearing about St. Petersburg's plan to save the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, 59-year-old Momma Tee Lassiter couldn't contain her excitement.
Jumping for joy, she shouted "Thank you Jesus!"
At a press conference Tuesday morning in front of the museum on Ninth Avenue South, A team of city leaders gathered to announce the city's next move.
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Tampa Bay Times: St. Petersburg announces 1,800-seat baseball stadium at Walter Fuller complex
Mayor Rick Kriseman announced plans Wednesday to build an 1,800-seat stadium at the Walter Fuller baseball complex in western part of the city.
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WUSF News: St. Pete International Baseball Schedule Revealed
International Baseball will make its return to St. Petersburg this Friday for its fifth season.
Mayor Rick Kriseman held a news conference Tuesday afternoon with Tampa Bay Rays president Brian Auld and representatives from the Canadian Junior National Team and All Stars from the Puerto Rican Development Program to announce the 2015 schedule of St. Petersburg International Baseball.
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| Thursday, March 12 |
St. Petersburg Tribune: St. Pete mayor, police chief honor Eckerd crew that found girl's body in Tampa Bay
Eckerd College students who in January recovered the body of a 5-year-old girl tossed from a Sunshine Skyway approach bridge were honored Thursday by St. Petersburg's mayor and police chief.
When a city police officer reported seeing a man throw a child off the Dick Misener Bridge into Tampa Bay early on the morning of Jan. 8, the Coast Guard, Pinellas County crews and a search-and-rescue team from Eckerd College were among those who responded, scanning the dark bay water beginning about 1 a.m.
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