On Sunday, March 20, Mayor Kriseman and Deputy Mayor Tomalin will join local Tampa Bay Rays fans and travel to Cuba. While there, they will join President Obama for an historic game between the Rays and the Cuban National Team.
FOX 13 reported on this historic trip earlier this week. Read the story here.
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The Tampa Bay Business Journal:
Tour of the St. Petersburg Innovation District
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Public Highlights for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Sunshine City
March 19 through March 26, 2016
| Saturday, March 19, 8:00 am |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, AirFest 2016, MacDill AFB
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Sunday, March 20 through
Tuesday, March 22 |
Mayor Kriseman & Deputy Mayor Tomalin travel to Cuba
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| Sunday, March 20, 10:00 am |
Orchid Festival, Sunken Gardens
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| Friday, March 25, 7:30 am |
Sunshine Grand Prix St. Petersburg, Downtown
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| Saturday, March 26, 9:00 am |
Paddle the Lake, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
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| Saturday, March 26, 9:30 am |
Wildflower Walk, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
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Wednesday, March 16 |
Tampa Bay Times: Bike Share: It's hip and safe
As the St. Petersburg City Council readies for an initial vote on Mayor Rick Kriseman's $1.5 million bike share program on Thursday, it's worth considering a study concluding that bike share riders are safer than other bicyclists.
The peer-reviewed study by the Mineta Transportation Institute found that, despite fewer bike share riders wearing helmets than regular riders, they were involved in fewer vehicle collision.
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Thursday, March 17 |
FOX 13: New vision for St. Pete Pier unveiled
St. Petersburg City Council members got a look at some updated renderings of the new St. Pete Pier.
The Pier design team - Rogers Architects+Urban Designers and ASD - unveiled the new images during a City Council meeting Thursday morning after getting opinions from the public earlier in the week.
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Thursday, March 17
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Tampa Bay Times: Police SUVs gain St. Petersburg council approval
The Police Department wants to slowly shift its marked patrol fleet from Crown Victorias to sport utility vehicles.
They're safer and roomier, leading to fewer workers' compensation claims, police say.
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Thursday, March 17 |
Tampa Bay Times: Kriseman, Lynn returning to Cuba
It's official. Mayor Rick Kriseman, Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin and Kriseman's chief of staff, Kevin King, will be traveling to Cuba next week to see the Tampa Bay Rays play an exhibition game and pursue closer ties with the island nation.
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Thursday, March 17 |
Bay News 9: Downtown St. Pete introduces new back-in parking spaces
Drivers in downtown St. Petersburg may see an unfamiliar line-up of cars along the border of Williams Park.
The city is studying 14 back-in spaces along 2nd Avenue North between 3rd Street North and 4th Street North.
Previously P.S.T.A. buses used the space as part of the downtown stops, but those stops have been relocated. Evan Mory, Director of Parking and Transportation for the City of St Petersburg, had the new angled parking installed in their place.
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Friday, March 18 |
WMNF: Dozens from Tampa Bay going to Cuba for Obama, Rays
President Obama is heading to Cuba this weekend and he's not alone; many Tampa Bay area residents, government officials and even the region's Major League Baseball team are going as well.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is going back to Cuba and his chief of staff Kevin King says he and two other city employees are too.
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Friday, March 18 |
Tampa Bay Times: Editorial: Obama's historic trip to Cuba good for Tampa Bay
President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba this weekend marks a promising new era for the two nations and for Tampa Bay. While a half-century of mistrust and isolation between the two will not disappear overnight, Obama has rightfully moved to improve the relationship, which will boost regional growth and security. And the bay area - with its airports, seaports and significant Cuban-American population - also stands to benefit as the president sets the table for his successor to build on the diplomatic opening.
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