Mayor Kriseman Discusses BP Settlement Fund Priorities
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Mayor Kriseman's BP Settlement Funds Press Conference
This week, Mayor Kriseman presented his recommendations for Deepwater Horizon settlement funds at a press conference at the city's Water Resources building, a LEED-certified facility. These recommendations would accelerate St. Petersburg's commitment to resiliency and sustainability.
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Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation Receives SBA Grant
This week, Congresswoman Kathy Castor, Mayor Rick Kriseman, and Deputy Mayor Tomalin joined Small Business Administration officials and the Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation (TBBIC) staff, as well as a host of partners to announce a federal grant awarded to the TBBIC to expand training and capital services to low-income entrepreneurs.
The new PRIME Project (which stands for Program for Investment in
Microentrepreneurs) will aid as many as 220 low-income and very low-income microentrepreneurs to enter one of eight technical assistance programs, then, when ready, to access one of six capital sources that can help bridge their business to a next tier of growth.
The effort to secure federal funding for the initiative was spearheaded by the TBBIC and supported by the City Urban Affairs division and Greenhouse, the Florida Small Business Development Center at Pinellas County Economic Development, the Pinellas Opportunity Council, and the 2020 Plan Taskforce, as well as U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, among others.
Learn more about the work of the TBBIC here.
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Second Annual Localicious
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Public Highlights for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Sunshine City
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October 17 through October 24, 2015
| Saturday, October 17 |
Localicious Saturday Morning Market & Autumn Harvest
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| Saturday, October 17, 10:00 am |
Mayor Kriseman, St. Petersburg Science Festival, USFSP Poynter Park
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| Saturday, October 17, 10:00 am |
MarineQuest 2015, FWC Fish & Wildlife Institute
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Saturday, October 17, 4:00 pm
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| Sunday, October 18, 2:00 pm |
First Night St. Petersburg and the Den Presents Sunday's Gospel Bruch
The Den
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| Monday, October 19 - Wednesday, October 21 |
Mayor Kriseman, Toronto, Canada, Economic Development Trade Mission
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| Tuesday, October 20, 2:00 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Chihuly Collection Press Event
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| Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Fossil Park Fire Station Site Plan, Willis S. Johns Rec Center
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| Wednesday, October 21, 8:30 am |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Healthy St. Pete Leadership Board & Ambassadors Kick-Off Breakfast, Sunken Gardens
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Wednesday, October 21, 6:00 pm
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Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Launch Party, Food + Art Cook Around Tampa Bay, Museum of Fine Arts
Learn more here.
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| Thursday, October 22, 4:00 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Grand Opening, Cider Press Cafe
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Friday, October 23, 7:00 pm
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Mayor Kriseman, Annual St. Petersburg Firefighters Banquet
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| Friday, October 23, 7:00 pm |
Ghoulwill Bash, Carnival of Dread, the Coliseum
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| Friday, October 16, 6:00 pm |
Localicious, Eat LOCAL Drink LOCAL Week
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| Saturday, October 24, 9:00 am |
Out of the Darkness Walk, South Straub Park
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| Saturday, October 24, 10:30 am |
Mayor Kriseman, 10 News Make a Difference Day
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| Saturday, October 24, 7:00 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, St. Petersburg Midtown Rotary Gala |
| Saturday, October 24, 8:00 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, Beats by the Bay
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Tampa Bay Times Column: St. Petersburg must prepare for climate impacts
St. Petersburg and cities across Tampa Bay experienced heavy and persistent rain beginning in late July and ending in mid August. We far exceeded our average rainfall during this time, with July ranking as the eighth-wettest July in our city's history. This extreme weather prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency for counties throughout our region, including Pinellas.
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Tampa Bay Times: Kriseman releases wish list for $6.5 million in BP settlement money
Last week, City Council members grumbled their fears that Mayor Rick Kriseman had already decided how to spend the city's $6.5 million in settlement money from BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
So they scheduled a meeting for this Thursday to discuss how to divvy it up.
But Kriseman beat them to the punch, releasing a laundry list of projects Tuesday that spends the city's share of a $21 billion settlement between the giant oil company and five gulf states, including Florida. Local governments are slated to receive $1 billion.
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Creative Loafing: Bike share, stormwater repairs among Kriseman suggestions of how to spend BP settlement
In a crowded room at St. Pete's water resources department headquarters, Mayor Rick Kriseman said Wednesday he'd like to spend the city's share of BP oil disaster settlement money on things that would help reduce residents' dependence on cars, thus helping cull demand for the risky practice of offshore drilling.
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WUSF: St. Petersburg Mayor Plans For $6.5 Million from BP
Florida is getting more than $3 billion from the BP over the 2010 "Deepwater Horizon" oil spill, and St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman on Wednesday announced how he wants to spend the city's 6.5 million share.
Kriseman said it's fiscally responsible to use the one-time payout from the settlement for one-time investments. His proposals include $1 million dollars for improving the city's wastewater facilities and another $1 million to support local artists.
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Janelle Irwin SPB: Rick Kriseman asks for residents' help to eradicate Veteran homelessness by year-end
St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is nearing the end of a deadline he agreed to last year. In a 2014 call from First Lady Michelle Obama, Kriseman joined "The Mayors Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness," seeking to end chronic homelessness among our nation's veterans by the end of this year.
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St. Petersburg Tribune: Kriseman proposes ferry service, bike sharing program with BP oil money
Mayor Rick Kriseman has rolled out his suggestions of how to spend the city's $6.5 million from the BP oil spill lawsuit settlement, with a heavy emphasis on environmental and energy saving projects.
"I believe these funds should be used to make us a greener city, to make us a more sustainable city, to make us a more resilient city," Kriseman said at a news conference Wednesday.
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ABC Action News: St. Pete outlines use of BP settlement funds
The city of St. Petersburg is outlining a plan for how to spend the roughly $6.5 million it collected from the BP oil spill lawsuit settlement. The city says it is determined to make a difference with all that cash by helping the environment.
From fixing wastewater systems to creating an arts endowment, St. Pete's mayor has a broad vision of how to use that lawsuit money. But the thing that seems to be drawing the most excitement comes on two wheels.
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The Weekly Challenger: Federal grant for south St. Pete
The Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation (TBBIC) announced their new federal grant Tues., Oct. 13 in a celebratory conference at their office at 1123 22nd St. S. The grant aims to expand training and capital services to low-income entrepreneurs.
The new PRIME Project (Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs) will aid as many as 220 low-income and very low-income microentrepreneurs to enter one of eight technical assistance programs, then, when ready, to access one of six capital sources that can help bridge their business to a next tier of growth..
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Tampa Tribune: Kriseman pushes ferry linking downtowns in Tampa, St. Pete
A commuter ferry service may be still years away but weekend ferry rides across Tampa Bay could be running in as little as a year through a pilot program pushed by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman.
The city leader is working with ferry promoter Ed Turanchik on a plan to run a ferry service between the downtowns of Tampa and St. Petersburg through the winter months.
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FOX 13: St. Petersburg council considers how to spend BP settlement money
Mayor Rick Kriseman's plans to spend a $6.5 million settlement from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill started Wednesday and immediately hit a wall Thursday.
Mayor Rick Kriseman's plans to spend a $6.5 million settlement from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill started Wednesday and immediately hit a wall Thursday.
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Tampa Bay Times: St. Petersburg arts endowment would be investment for the long term
It would be the gift that keeps on giving.
Among Mayor Rick Kriseman's diverse portfolio of potential recipients for the $6.5 million BP settlement is $1 million for an arts endowment, the only one among the group so designated. As an endowment, the money wouldn't be spent as a one-time outlay. Instead, it would be invested with only the principal used annually, estimated at $40,000 by the mayor.
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