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1 week ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Mark Parker |Pete Catalyst
St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport soon will have its first structured parking garage to accommodate ongoing exponential growth. The airport is on pace to serve 2.74 million passengers in 2025, which would shatter the previous record of 2.49 million set in 2023. Airport spokesperson Michele Routh said leadership realized they couldn’t wait for a much-anticipated terminal expansion to increase parking capacity.
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1 week ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Mark Parker |Pete Catalyst
St. Petersburg’s northernmost City Council district is home to Pinellas County’s largest employment center. And nearly the entire area is vulnerable to increasing environmental threats. However, the second-fastest growing area in St. Petersburg lacks a districtwide framework for the future. That will soon change as City Council members, at their June 5 meeting, unanimously approved a $400,000 consultancy contract for master planning services.
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1 week ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Mark Parker |Pete Catalyst
An ambitious project that will transform an abandoned St. Petersburg hospital into an affordable housing development for low-income seniors recently received a $9 million boost. The former Ed White Hospital will also serve as the St. Petersburg Housing Authority’s new centrally located headquarters. Evara Health will offer clinician services, including preventive care and chronic disease management, from renovated rooms and offices on the first floor.
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1 week ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Michael Connor |Pete Catalyst
Physical activity is on the rise in St. Pete, with a particular interest in pickleball. While the city has tried to make pickleball courts more accessible, some of its courts are becoming overcrowded, upsetting nearby residents and players, according to Mike Jefferis, director of the city’s Parks and Recreation department. This has made the Parks and Recreation team reevaluate spaces that could be utilized better. One of which is Woodlawn Park.
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1 week ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Mark Parker |Pete Catalyst
A local development firm has added four stories and 50 feet to its previously approved plans for a high-rise tower in downtown St. Petersburg. Clearwater-based Valor Capital has also eliminated the now-$70 million project’s most controversial aspects. The Roche Bobois Residences will no longer offer short-term rentals and a rooftop “Sky Bar.”According to revised site plans submitted to the city Monday afternoon, the 29-story tower will feature 165 luxury condominiums rather than 152.
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2 weeks ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Bill DeYoung |Pete Catalyst
As he prepares to relocate from Washington, D.C. to St. Petersburg, Eric Stillman is thinking about the challenges that await him as he becomes the new president and CEO of the Florida Holocaust Museum. After undergoing a year of expansive renovations to make room for two new, key additions, the world-class museum will officially re-open in early September. “It’s a fantastic time to be joining the museum,” said Stillman, whose first day was June 1.
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2 weeks ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Bill DeYoung |Pete Catalyst
The 38 members of Leadership St. Pete’s class of 2025 fulfilled their community project promise May 17 by transforming the tired play area of a South St. Petersburg private school into something special. The yard at Infinite Potential Learning Academy, 1900 12th St. S., had seen better days. “It didn’t look like a place where you’d necessarily want to go play, and use your imagination and be a kid,” said Lauren Moon, event chair for the current Leadership St. Pete class.
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2 weeks ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Chelsea Rivera |Pete Catalyst
Neighborhood pools across St. Pete have opened for the summer, providing much-needed respite from soaring summer temperatures. May 31 marked the start of seasonal operations for city-owned pools throughout the area, and summer hours begin Friday. Opening hours will be 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday with varied hours for nights and weekends. A summer schedule begins Friday. Facilities are open to residents of all ages and abilities.
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2 weeks ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Bill DeYoung |Pete Catalyst
The Beatles are coming to St. Petersburg. Not the real Beatles, of course. They’ve been consigned to history, to a vaunted place of the highest regard in the annals of pop culture. Dr. Robert Entel’s massive collection of Beatles memorabilia, which has been on display in a 560-square-foot space in downtown Dunedin since 2017, will relocate to the corner of 2nd Street and 2nd Avenue N. in St. Petersburg midway through 2026.
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1 month ago | 
tbnweekly.com | Mark Parker |Pete Catalyst
St. Petersburg — A sharp decline in St. Petersburg’s workforce mirrors the precipitous drop in job creation. However, property tax and new construction values continue to soar. Revitalization efforts in historically underserved South St. Petersburg have paid dividends, while unemployment remains low, despite a slight uptick. The Tampa Bay Rays are no longer among the city’s top employers, and the long-term effects of an unprecedented hurricane season remain unknown.
