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Pinellas County Commission agrees to pitch in $350k for St. Pete-to-Tampa ferry pilot project

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Pinellas is in. Mayor Rick Kriseman secured a commitment from Pinellas County Commissioners on Tuesday — by a vote of 6-1 — to set aside $350,000 for a St. Pete-to-Tampa ferry pilot project. Pinellas County Commission is now the third local government to verbally commit money to the project, joining St. Petersburg City Council and Hillsborough County Commission, which have each also agreed to set aside $350,000 for the cause. Kriseman hopes to soon get the same dollar-amount commitment from Tampa as…

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Following spike in murders, Rick Kriseman to march against gun violence

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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman will be holding a march against gun violence on Friday, beginning at 5 p.m. Things will start-off at the police station, 1300 First Ave. N, and finish at the “Love Your Neighborhood” mural, at 22nd Street and First Avenue S. Citizens are encouraged to join. The demonstration is following six shooting deaths in South St. Pete over the past six weeks. The most recent was Thursday morning, when a 17-year-old was killed on the 1800 block of…

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Wayne Atherholt has an incentive for supporting BP settlement plan

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St. Pete’s cultural affairs office director Wayne Atherholt has an idea to sweeten the deal for City Council to approve Mayor Rick Kriseman’s plan to include $1 million for an arts endowment in the uses for BP settlement funds. According to Nonprofit Quarterly, Atherholt wants to raise additional funds to add to the pot. Already, the mayor’s plan would create $40,000 a year in additional grant money available to the arts. That figure grows the more money is put into…

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Rick Kriseman to unveil ‘University Way’ at USFSP’s 50th anniversary block party

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The University of South Florida St. Petersburg is pulling out all the stops for its upcoming 50th anniversary block party. The Sept. 12 on-campus festivities will go from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and include food, entertainment, the Saturday morning market, a Rowdies soccer clinic, a watch party for the USF/FSU football game, a Kids Zone, and 3 Daughters Brewing’s new USFSP 50th anniversary beer. Groups representing the university’s student affairs office, its student government, and its campus recreation center…

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