Ribbon Cutting: Skin Kandii
The St Pete Store & Visitors Center, a partnership between the City of St. Petersburg and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, cut a ribbon for "Skin Kandii", a St. Petersburg based minority owned business that completed the City's three-month Community Business Development training initiative. For more information, click here.

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Ribbon Cutting: Midici Pizza
Midici Neapolitan Pizza is opening in West St. Pete's Tyrone Square Mall serving delicious pizza, sandwiches, various meat and cheese plates and much more!

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WestFest 2017
Savor West St. Pete's Local Flavor! Experience its restaurants, brewery, shops, health & wellness providers, a Makers Market, DJ, kids activities, and Open House at freeFall Theatre Company, the gorgeous venue for this "Best of the West" celebration!

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Public Highlights for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Sunshine City November 4 through November 11, 2017   
Saturday, November 4, 8:00 am  Fall Food Distribution, All Children's Hospital
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Saturday, November 4, 8:00 am  Bird Walk at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
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Saturday, November 4, 10:00 am  Mayor Kriseman, Livability in the 'Burg, Azalea Recreation Center
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Saturday, November 4, 11:00 am  Indie Market Fall Series, EDGE District
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Saturday, November 4, 2:00 pm  Mayor Kriseman, 95.7 The Beat presents Beats by the Bay, Vinoy Park
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Saturday November 4, 8:00 pm  Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Williams Park
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Sunday, November 5, 2:00 pm   Gardening with Florida's Native Plants, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
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Sunday, November 5, 7:00 pm 
Tracy Morgan, Mahaffey Theater
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Tuesday, November 7  VOTE TODAY! Learn more here.  
Tuesday, November 7, 7:30 pm  An Evening with Bruce Hornsby, Mahaffey Theater
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Wednesday, November 8, 7:00 pm  Fabrication by Roxanne Fay, Dali Museum
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Wednesday, November 8, 8:00 pm  Much Ado About Nothing, American Stage Theatre Company
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Thursday, November 9, 6:00 pm  Kristallnacht Commemoration and Remembrance Concert, Florida Holocaust Museum
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Thursday, November 9, 6:30 pm   Happy Hour with the Historian - Fringe Florida, St. Petersburg Museum of History
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Thursday, November 9, 8:00 pm   Jethro Tull by Ian Anderson, Mahaffey Theater
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Friday, November 10  Veteran's Day (observed) Please note: city offices will be closed in observance of this holiday.    
Friday, November 10, 11:00 am  Ribfest 2017, Vinoy Park
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Friday, November 10, 7:00 pm  Star Wars: First Look Cantina, Museum of Fine Arts
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Saturday, November 11, 10:00 am    St. Petersburg Preservation's Waterfront Tour, Saturday Morning Market
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Saturday, November 11, 8:00 pm  Tavares and the Blue Notes: More Than a Mission, The Palladium Theater
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Saturday, November 11, 8:00 pm  TFO Pops: Marvin Hamlisch and More, Mahaffey Theater
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In The Media
Monday, October 30
I Love the Burg: ArtsXchange Officially Open in the Warehouse Arts District 
   
St. Pete's art scene continues to thrive as the community driven art initiative becomes a reality. A project of the  Warehouse Arts District Associatio n, the ArtsXchange building houses more than 2,500 square feet of gallery, education and event space.
 
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Wednesday, November 1
Tampa Bay Business Journal: How a dinner helped woo a San Francisco tech company and 100 jobs to St. Petersburg 
   
PandaDoc, a San Francisco-based document automation company, is opening its East Coast operations center at Station House in St. Petersburg.
 
It plans to hire up to 100 people here by the end of 2018.
 
The backstory of how the tech company landed in St. Pete is a tale about college friendships, the affordability and workforce in the market, and making connections with business leaders who are passionate about the city and want to see the local tech industry grow.

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Thursday, November 2
I Love the Burg: Sneak Peek of the Upcoming ONE St. Petersburg   
   
Towering 41-stories when completed and over 450 feet with 253 luxury condominiums,   ONE St. Petersburg  is the tallest building in downtown St. Petersburg overlooking the bay and the St. Petersburg skyline.
 
We got the chance to climb atop the highest point in Pinellas county and record it all live. Take a sneak peek at the views future residents can expect.
 
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Thursday, November 2
Tampa Bay Reporter: St. Pete Named 'Outstanding Green Government' by Green Building Council  
   
The U.S. Green Building Council Florida Gulf Coast Region has announced the winners of its 2017 LEEDership and Green Awards program.
 
The nonprofit organization's eighth annual LEEDership Awards celebration recognized and honored those outstanding projects, inspirational businesses, dedicated volunteers and community stakeholders who are LEEDing the way to a more sustainable built environment in the Florida Gulf Coast community.  Nearly 150 guests attended the Oct. 26 awards ceremony at the Le Meridien Hotel in downtown Tampa.
   
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Thursday, November 3
I Love the Burg: New Restaurants Coming to 4th Street   
   
Hungry? What are you in the mood for? A drive down 4th Street can easily offer foodie inspiration (or frustration for an indecisive individual). Soon we'll have a few more options added to the corridor, with the upcoming additions of Jimmy Hula's, Burger 21, and Paul's Chicago Pizza.
 
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Thursday, November 3
Florida Politics: David Boies offers pro bono defense of St. Pete campaign finance ordinance 
   
If St. Petersburg gets legally challenged next year when its recently passed campaign finance law goes into effect, the city will have big-time representation (at no cost) for a case some predict could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
 
David Boies and his firm Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP has agreed to represent St. Pete pro bono. 
 
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175 5th Street North 
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 
Phone: 727-893-7201