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St. Petersburg Pier Survey
Downtown Waterfront/Pier
Chamber members still have until Monday, July 11th
at 5 pm to provide input on the Pier Project before the Chamber's joint Downtown Waterfront & Pier Task Force meeting on July 13th. Taking the time to complete this short survey will help us better advocate on behalf of the business community.
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2016 Primary: Popcorn and Politics
Tuesday, July 12th
Speed network with candidates running for Senate District 19, House District 68, Property Appraiser and Pinellas County School Board. This is a great setting to actually have a face-to-face conversation with the candidates, while having a good time.
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Public Policy Coffee Chat
Tuesday, July 19th
Connect with District 70 State Representative Darryl Rouson.
Coffee Chats are exclusive opportunities for Chamber members and elected officials to have an informal conversation at a local Chamber business.
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TBX and the choices we face
Forward Pinellas
The recent vote to support funding for the Tampa Bay Express (TBX) in the Hillsborough County MPO's Transportation Improvement Program illustrates the difficult choices we face to improve transportation in the Tampa Bay region. FDOT's plan to construct variable priced toll lanes on Interstate 275, I-4 and I-75 has sparked much public debate over the past year about the proper ways to invest in our region's transportation network for future economic value and quality of life.
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Want to keep the Rays? Transit may be the answer
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Locally, the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball team is in the midst of choosing its own fate - stay in St. Pete or Pinellas County, or jump across the Bay into Hillsborough County. Ultimately, they could even make the decision to leave the region altogether.
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As PSTA ups relationship with Uber, taxi company is slated to get the boot
Tampa Bay Business Journal
The
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
is set to ditch a cab company as its paratransit service provider. Transdev, the owner of
Yellow Cab
, currently transports riders eligible for door-to-door service on PSTA's Demand Response Transportation, or DART.
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Here's what Tampa Bay traffic looks like according to FDOT
Tampa Bay Business Journal
It's no mystery that
traffic in the Tampa Bay area is abysmal. The prospect of driving through parts of Pinellas County and most of Tampa elicit groans if it happens to fall during the maddening rush hour commute.
That's why when a $3.3 billion project was on the table promising to ease some of that congestion, business leaders flocked to support it.
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Pinellas Commissioner John Morroni to undergo medical treatment
SaintPetersBlog
Pinellas County Commissioner
John Morroni
announced
Tuesday
he will be undergoing treatment for a rare blood disorder known as secondary myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS
.
Morroni will be hospitalized for treatment at Moffitt Cancer Center, but will continue to receive briefings from the county administrator on a weekly basis.
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Pier/Downtown Waterfront Task Force
Wednesday, July 13th
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Chamber Conference Room
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