St. Petersburg Recycles
Since June of 2015, St. Petersburg residents have successfully reduced the amount of trash sent to the landfill by participating in the city's recycling program. Residents also played a major role in helping the city achieve a much-lower-than-expected contamination rate during the program's first few months.
But there is always more work to be done. Click the image above to watch our latest recycling video, or click
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Mayor Kriseman and the Skytypers
Last weekend, Mayor Kriseman joined Mayor Buckhorn and the Geico Skytypers for a scenic flight around Tampa Bay. Mayor Kriseman took this Go-Pro video.
Click the image to see the video, or
click here.
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Pier Approach Online Survey
The St. Petersburg Pier Approach connects the Pier to Beach Drive and the downtown core, and its boundaries follow the waterfront from the Vinoy to Pioneer Park. The Pier Approach design team - W Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Wannemacher Jensen Architects - will create an active, connected and coordinated sequence of facilities and venues using the completed Downtown Waterfront Master Plan as a guide.
The design team would like your input on the Pier Approach. The following images are inspirational images that show ideas for the Pier Approach from other parts of the area or country. Please review the inspirational images and provide your ideas and opinions on activities or amenities for the Pier Approach.
Click here to take the survey.
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Public Highlights for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Sunshine City
March 26 through April 2, 2016
| Saturday, March 26, 8:00 am |
Lao New Year Celebration, Spa Beach Park
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| Saturday, March 26, 9:30 am |
Wildflower Walk, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Learn more here.
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| Saturday, March 26, 10:00 am |
The Junior League of St. Petersburg Jelly Bean Fling, Vinoy Park
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| Sunday, March 27 |
Easter Sunday
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| Monday, March 28, 6:30 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, freeFall 6th Annual Season Announcement Party, Historic Seaboard Train Station, Morean Center for Clay
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| Tuesday, March 29, 10:15 am |
Tai Chi, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
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| Wednesday, March 30, 5:00 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, Take Stock in Children Scholarship Signing & St Pete's Promise Awards, The Coliseum
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| Thursday, March 31, 5:00 pm |
Mayor Kriseman & Deputy Mayor Tomalin, 100th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes with the Poynter Institute, The Palladium
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| Friday, April 1, 7:00 pm |
Shuffle Fools Day at St. Pete Shuffle, St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club
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| Friday, April 1, 12:00 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, Listening Room Tour, City Hall Steps
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| Friday, April 1, 12:00 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Poynter Institute Luncheon, The Future of Civil Rights & Justice Journalism, USFSP Student Center Ballroom.
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| Friday, April 1, 5:30 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, Heroes of the St. Pete PD 5K/10K Memorial Run, Demens Landing
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| Saturday, April 2, 6:30 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, Lead Ralph's Mob and Rowdies Home Opener, Al Lang Field,
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Monday, March 21
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Havana Times: Tampa Bay Rays Program Begins in Havana
The Tampa Bay Rays and their delegation arrived on two flights Sunday afternoon and evening to Havana, the same day as US President Obama.
The first Major League Baseball team to play in Cuba since 1999 will face the Cuban national team on Tuesday March 22 at 1:50 p.m. local time, reported Ray Otero of
Baseballdecuba.com.
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Tuesday, March 22
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Creative Loafing: St. Pete takes on lofty goal: 100 percent clean energy
The city of St. Petersburg is no stranger to eco-friendly policies. It was the first city in the state to receive a Green Cities certification and was among the first to develop a reclaimed water plan (which in part, due to a troubled aquifer, was done out of necessity).
Now, in concert with the Sierra Club, city officials are taking on a seemingly daunting challenge: remaking the way the city consumes energy as one of the 100 cities across the U.S. to embark on the Sierra Club's "Ready for 100" campaign. That effort entails opting for 100 percent renewable energy for all of the city's municipal power needs (zero-emissions public buses and electric cars for city workers, for example).
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Tuesday, March 22 |
Tampa Bay Times: In Cuba, Rays baseball builds relationships, memories
The Rays headed home after their Tuesday afternoon date with the Cuban National Team at Estadio Latinoamericano, saying it would take a few days - if not months or years - to fully appreciate the significance of their role in history.
They certainly have plenty to talk about.
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Tuesday, March 22
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WMNF: Rice says Rays exposure in Cuba helps St. Pete
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cuba national team in Havana Tuesday with Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro in the front row; St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice says that kind of exposure can only help the MLB team's home town.
"Well, it's so exciting: we have our President, our Congresswoman [Kathy Castor], our Mayor [Rick Kriseman] and our baseball team in Cuba right now making history. And whether it's baseball or the arts, St. Pete is in such a great position to build bridges with Cuba. And Cuba's changing."
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Thursday, March 24
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Tampa Tribune: New York firm is relocating to St. Petersburg, bringing 50 jobs
A New York firm that provides targeted marketing strategies for high-tech businesses is relocating its headquarters to St. Petersburg, bringing at least 50 new jobs.
Inside Sales Solutions chose St. Petersburg over potential locations in Austin, Texas; Atlanta and Kansas City, Missouri; a release from the Pinellas County Economic Development office said.
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Thursday, March 24
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Tampa Tribune: Listening Room Festival in St. Pete is 'like a backstage pass to a concert'
The Listening Room Festival, an annual Florida event based in the Tampa Bay area, is back for a fifth year, bringing dozens of concerts into people's homes.
Music lovers can't get more up close and personal than this, says Fran Snyder, musician and Listening Room Festival founder. "We like to say that it's like having a backstage pass to a concert," he says.
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Friday, March 25
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Business Observer: Mixed-Use Mecca
When West Palm Beach-based Kolter Group LLC officially broke ground earlier this month on its One St. Petersburg hotel and condominium project, it capped a renaissance decades in the making for the Pinellas County city.
Mayor Rick Kriseman, in marking One's construction start, says St. Petersburg has become "a pinnacle for contemporary downtown living. We are creating an urban core that invites you to live, work and play all year round."
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