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Mayor's Public Schedule Highlights

Week of March 1, 2015
 

Mayor Kriseman's Calendar

Tuesday, March 3 -
4:00 p.m.
 

Hospitality Connects, Muvico at Sundial
 

Wednesday, March 4 -
12:00 p.m.
 

Mayor's Council of Pinellas County
 

Wednesday, March 4 -

5:30 p.m.

Doyle Wealth Management 10th Anniversary
 

Thursday, March 5 -
3:00 p.m.
 

Groundbreaking, The Hermitage
 

Saturday, March 7 -
6:00 p.m.
 

Welcome, Miss St. Petersburg Pageant
 



Deputy Mayor Tomalin's Calendar
 

Tuesday, March 3 -
4:00 p.m.
 

Hospitality Connects, Muvico at Sundial

 

In The Media
Melissa Wolf awarded $10,000 check
Friday, February 20

IT Business: St. Pete Server Gets $10,000 Surprise from Squaremouth and Mayor Kriseman
 

Friday the 13th was a lucky day for one local server in St. Petersburg. Instead of receiving a 20% tip, Melissa Wolf, a bartender at 3 Daughters Brewing, was surprised with a giant check for$10,000. This was the final stage of a three-month initiative by local company Squaremouth, to thank outstanding customer service providers in St. Petersburg.

 

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Firestone Grand Prix
Monday, February 23

 

10 News: Preparations Begin for Firestone Grand Prix

 

At 7 a.m., Monday, February 23, downtown St. Petersburg will begin to take on the look of a street-legal speed zone when construction gets underway for the 11th annual Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The stretch of Bayshore Drive to First Street South and Albert Whitted Park will be affected. Motorists and pedestrians can expect race-related street closures and detours downtown from Albert Whitted Airport to north of Pioneer Park until approximately April 10. 

 

Detours will be in place. Beach Drive and Central Avenue will remain open during construction and throughout race weekend. Albert Whitted Park will remain closed to motorized and foot traffic until mid-April. To ensure everyone's safety, race officials and St. Petersburg Police urge observing posted signage warning against entering closed construction sites.

 

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Woman kissing dog
Wednesday, February 25

 

Tampa Bay Times: SPCA Tampa Bay buys St. Petersburg building to open veterinary hospital

 

Almost exactly two years ago, the SPCA Tampa Bay announced it would open a general practice veterinary clinic designed to provide affordable veterinary care to all Pinellas County pets. 

 

Officials with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took a big step toward that goal Wednesday with the announcement the group had paid about $1 million for a vacant St. Petersburg office building at 3250 Fifth Ave. N and plans to spend $1.25 million renovating the property. When it opens in mid 2016, the hospital is projected to bring up to 20 jobs to the city from entry level animal caretakers to full-time veterinarians.

 

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Usher at Rays game
Thursday, February 26

 

Tampa Bay Times: Tampa Bay Rays raise minimum worker pay to $10 an hour

 

During baseball season, St. Petersburg resident Claude McKen�zie heads for sections 302 and 304 at Tropicana Field, where he works as a "fan host" for the Tampa Bay Rays. 

 

"It's not the type of job you can really live on, but it offers socialization and a good time. It makes me feel special," said McKenzie, 55, who also holds down a day job at a nearby hotel.

 

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Inside Cue House
Thursday, February 26

 

Creative Loafing: Transforming Tampa Bay: A new Urban Lab at St. Pete Shuffle's Cue House

 

For three decades, Tampa has benefited from the bright, open minds of USF School of Architecture and Community Design students who have taken the city as their challenge. From pedestrian bridges arching over the river to green walls bounding transit systems, fresh ideas from these students have stimulated thinking about local design and development. 

 

St. Petersburg has now rolled out the red carpet for USF SACD by picking up the $100,000 tab to rehab a 1,400-square-foot building in the historic Mirror Lake Park Shuffleboard Courts. This 1930s structure, called the Cue House, will provide studio space for graduate level community design research, thesis projects and design studios.

 

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Thursday, February 26

 

Tampa Bay Times: Former TV reporter sees other side as St. Petersburg police spokeswoman

 

The young, eager German shepherd had eyes only for the man in black. As a videographer recorded the scene, the dog leaped over hurdles, ran and chomped down on a short strap and refused to let go. That's exactly what the dog was supposed to do as the newest member of the St. Petersburg Police Department's canine unit. The man in black was Officer Matt Kirchgraber, the dog's handler and partner. Nearby, directing the video, was Yolanda Fernandez, the department's new community awareness manager and spokeswoman. 

 

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Panelist talks with committee member
Thursday, February 26

 

WUSF: St. Pete conference takes on world affairs

 

Some of the major international issues of the day - Cuba, Russia, Syria, terrorism and immigration - will be among the topics of discussion at a Saint Petersburg conference that's drawing experts from around the world to the Tampa Bay area. The Saint Petersburg Conference on World Affairs takes place Thursday, February 26, through Saturday, February 28 at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg University Student Center.

 

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Tweet of the Week

 

Kriseman having some fun at grand opening for ReMax Metro 1

 

 
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City of St. Petersburg
 
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St. Petersburg, FL 33701 
Phone: 727-893-7201