Bike Sharing  

Family riding bicycles near bay
 

Bicycle rider

Is a shared system of bicycles the next big thing for St. Petersburg? The city is conducting a brief survey to collect community input on how to create a successful bike share system.

Please take a few moments to fill out the survey at www.goo.gl/5HiEbL or visit www.StPeteInnovision.com to share your thoughts. 
Mayor's Public Schedule Highlights

Week of June 7, 2015
 

Mayor Kriseman's Calendar

Monday, June 8 
9:30 am
 

TDC Elite Event Workshop
 

Tuesday, June 9 
7:00 pm
 

Crossroads Neighborhood
 

Wednesday, June 10 -
Friday, June 12
 

Mayor Kriseman attends "Living Together" Summit in Montreal
 

Saturday, June 13 -
Tuesday, June 23
 

Mayor Kriseman attends U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco
 

 

In The Media
Artwork of proposed bayfront promenade
Thursday, June 4

MyFOX Tampa Bay: St. Pete waterfront plan comes into focus
 

Four years after St. Petersburg voters required a downtown waterfront master plan by July 2015, the city council unanimously approved a guiding document. 

It includes different visions for several distinctly different parts of a waterfront that is seven miles long, stretching from Coffee Pot Bayou to the north of downtown St. Petersburg to Lassing Park south of downtown. 

 

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Thursday, June 4

Tampa Bay Times: St. Pete Council approves waterfront plan without hotel and conference center
 

After nearly a year, and a few bumps, the City Council unanimously approved a downtown waterfront master plan Thursday, praising city staff for listening to public opinion and removing controversial provisions, most notably a hotel and conference center near the Mahaffey Theater.
"It was a way to include the public in a way they feel included," said council member Steve Kornell.

 

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Mayor seated with audience
Thursday, June 4

Weekly Challenger: 'Courageous 12' honored on 50th anniversary of lawsuit
 

It's been 50 years since the Courageous 12, a group of African-American police officers, took a stand and sued the City of St. Petersburg for discrimination, and won.
The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, located at 2240 9th Ave. S., was packed Sunday evening all to honor the 12 men who changed law enforcement in St. Petersburg, and to show support for its members.

 

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Montreal skyline
Tuesday, June 2

Tampa Bay Times: Kriseman bound for Montreal
 

Mayor Rick Kriseman has had a heavy lift trying to persuade City Council to ink a deal to allow the Tampa Bay Rays to look for alternate stadium sites in Tampa.
And the slow burn of feeling for Montreal, which lost its Expos to Washington, D.C. after the 2004 season, to get baseball back recently caught fire with the meeting of Major League Baseball Commisisoner Rob Manfred and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre.
 

 

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Tuesday, June 2

Tampa Bay Times: Pinellas commissioners approve redevelopment area in southern St. Petersburg
 

A 30-year plan to tackle poverty and blight in southern St. Petersburg will soon be reality.
The Pinellas County Commission on Tuesday voted 6-0 to approve the Southside Community Redevelopment Area. The plan, developed in partnership with the city, sets the boundaries for the area and creates a funding mechanism called a "tax increment financing," or TIF, district to pay for infrastructure improvements and workforce training programs. 

 

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Sunday, May 31

Tampa Bay Times: Community pays tribute to St. Petersburg's Courageous 12
 

The assistant police chief faced the standing-room only crowd in his crisp dress blues and repeated the refrain of the evening: "Without them, I would not be able to stand before you."
Beside him were the last two surviving members of the city's Courageous 12, the black police officers who sued St. Petersburg for discrimination 50 years ago and prevailed. A vase of 10 red roses commemorated the others in a ceremony Sunday that honored the men and called for young people to follow their example.

 

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Mayor's Office
City of St. Petersburg
 
175 5th Street North 
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 
Phone: 727-893-7201