A Day in the St. Pete Sunshine
From green space to office space, sports to the art scene, neighborhoods to nightlife, the sun shines every day in St. Petersburg.
Click the image above for a day in the life of the Sunshine City, or click here.
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St. Petersburg FAST Meeting
A sense of accomplishment comingled with the feeling that there is work yet to be done when the Faith and Action for Strength Together (FAST) organization held one of its quarterly meetings at the Greater Mt. Zion AME Church June 20. FAST is made up of 40 diverse congregations in Pinellas County that work together to address root causes of poverty and injustice in the community.
Mayor Rick Kriseman noted that since the city has utilized over 1,236 hours of disadvantaged workers for its Citywide Street Resurfacing contract and plans to use 2,600 more.
Eddie Pelham, an ex-offender who works for the city's sanitation department, got another chance when the city "banned the box," Kriseman said, referring to job applications in St. Pete no longer requiring applicants to disclose if they have a criminal record.
"I made some very bad mistakes when I was a youth," Pelham admitted, "and when I came home six years ago I didn't think that I would have a chance with any career in my life."
When the city no longer required ex-offenders to reveal criminal records on applications, Pelham said, he truly felt that St. Pete was a city of second chances.
Read more at The Weekly Challenger: click here.
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Hack for Change in St. Pete
On Saturday, June 4, Mayor Kriseman and Director of Education and Community Engagement Leah McRae joined volunteers at The Iron Yard in St. Petersburg for a civic hack-a-thon.
Local coders helped create programs and apps for
Support our Schools, a unique digital platform for parents, teachers, and other school leaders; an application designed specifically for health care providers and social workers to better address food insecurity. With this new application, we will be able to show things like food bank locations; and a new Economic Landscape App -- an application that shows social and economic indicators in the neighborhoods of our city.
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Public Highlights for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Sunshine City
June 25 through July 2, 2016
| Saturday, June 25, 5:00 pm |
Mayor Kriseman, Deputy Mayor Tomalin, and City Staff: Pride Parade
Central Avenue
Learn more here.
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| Sunday, June 26, 11:00 am |
Pride Festival, Grand Central District, Learn more here.
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Sunday, June 26 through
Tuesday, June 28 |
Mayor Kriseman, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Indianapolis, IN
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| Monday, June 27, 6:00 pm |
New Marketing Tools for Creative Businesses Workshop, The Greenhouse
Learn more here.
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| Wednesday, June 29, 12:00 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin,
CRA Workforce Readiness, Apprenticeship and Career Fair, Pinellas Technical College
Learn more here.
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| Wednesday, June 29, 7:00 pm |
Twilight on the Town Summer Evening Walking Tours, Downtown St. Petersburg
Learn more here.
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| Thursday, June 30, 2:00 pm |
Deputy Mayor Tomalin, USF-St. Pete End of the 50th Anniversary Celebration Event, University Student Center
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| Friday, July 1, 8:30 am |
Mayor Kriseman & Deputy Mayor Tomalin, Mayor's Business Breakfast, Ceridian
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| Friday, July 1, 11:00 am |
Vans Warped Tour 2016, Vinoy Park
Learn more here.
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| Saturday, July 2, 10:00 am |
Budding Botanists: Flamingos Forever, Sunken Gardens
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Tuesday, June 21
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WUSF: USF Architecture Students Design Bright Future For Faith House
If you drive through the
Unity Park area of St. Petersburg, maybe looking for parking for Tropicana Field, you've probably seen
Faith House Florida - a collection of four brightly colored apartment houses and a garden on 15th Street North.
What makes Faith House stand out in the oak canopy lined neighborhood, surrounded by single family homes, is that it's a structured residential program for people battling substance abuse issues, recently released prison inmates and homeless people.
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Tuesday, June 21
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Creative Loafing: Five Courses: St. Pete says 'far out' with Funky Sweets and more
Mini doughnuts and funnel cakes are driving a new '70s-style dessert shop in St. Petersburg. But these aren't your fancy variety.
Opened at 11024 Fourth St. N. May 20, Funky Sweets' made-to-order creations are straightforward: hot and fresh - that's it. Funnel cakes come in two sizes (8 inches or the 3-inch kids order), while the doughnuts are featured five ways, ranging from orders of six to 125. Eight flavors of Working Cow ice cream, including butter pecan and Superman, are also on hand.
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Tuesday, June 21
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SPB Anne Lindberg: Pinellas commission jumps on board St. Pete-Tampa ferry
Three governments down and one to go before the launching of a high-speed ferry service y service between Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Pinellas commissioners voted Tuesday to commit $350,000 as its portion of the $1.4 million projected for the six-month pilot that would run from Nov. 1 through April 30. The purpose of the pilot is to gauge long-term interest and the viability of a permanent
high-speed ferry service between Tampa and St. Petersburg.
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Wednesday, June 22 |
Tampa Bay Times: Boy stops to pray with St. Petersburg police inside of a Bob Evans
When 6-year-old Joshua Garza spotted a group of police officers at a St. Petersburg Bob Evans earlier this week, he decided to approach them before he and his mom left the restaurant.
He wanted to do his part to help keep them safe.
So, he asked to pray for the St. Petersburg officers' safety and thank them for their service, according a post his mom Kelly Garza put on Facebook. The three officers joined hands with the young boy around their breakfast table.
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Thursday, June 23
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WFLA: St. Pete Pride weekend kicks off today
To kick off annual St. Pete Pride weekend festivities, Mayor Rick Kriseman will raise the rainbow flag over City Hall on Thursday morning.
The LGBT Pride Parade will be held Saturday in St Pete and the day-time festival will be held Sunday.
The Saturday night block party begins at 5 p.m. between 22nd Street and 27th Street along Central Avenue, featuring DJs, food and beverages. The parade kicks off at sunset.
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Thursday, June 23
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The Weekly Challenger: CATCH Program
The Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation in partnership with the FDIC is pleased to announce the launch of the CATCH program.
The CATCH program is a 15-week business program designed to train business owners in areas specializing in all aspect of business, monthly mentoring and access to a CPA on site.
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