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St. Pete City Council to vote on ten programs geared to boost South St. Pete

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St. Pete City Council will vote on a resolution supporting ten items aimed at improving conditions on the Southside at its meeting Thursday. The items are recommended by the Citizens Advisory Committee to be funded through the first round of appropriations from the newly created Southside Community Redevelopment Area. Five of the proposals would use county-approved Tax Incremental Funds to provide direct grants to businesses, property owners and residents within the Southside CRA. An Affordable Multifamily Housing Development program would…

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St. Pete Chamber of Commerce celebrates 2015 as year of successes, looks to 2016

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The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated a productive 2015 during its annual meeting Thursday night at Mahaffey Theater. Batons were passed. Backs were patted. New ideas were shared. The meeting hosted more than 1,000 Chamber members in an ornate format. The stage was set with LED illuminated podiums and laser light blocks on each side with a giant screen zoomed in on 2015 Chamber Chairman Bill Ulbricht as he handed the gavel over to his successor, Greg Holden. “In…

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Rick Kriseman pledges $1 million for immediate South St. Pete improvements

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman vowed to find $1 million in the city’s current budget to provide immediate change for poor neighborhoods in South St. Pete. During a speech at the Sunday Best Dinner at the Carter G. Woodson African-American History Museum in Midtown, Kriseman said he has directed city staff to carve out the money in order to implement four key areas of improvement. “While we have many plans in place that are designed to make long-term generational change,…

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St. Pete officials serving supper to tout Southside improvements

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St. Petersburg city officials are inviting residents to enjoy a “Sunday Best Supper” at the Carter G. Woodson African-American History Museum where the administration will share its progress in improving conditions in the Southside. Neighborhoods south of Central Avenue are among some of the poorest in the city. Midtown and Childs Park are particularly plagued by poverty and crime. While the struggles facing many Southside residents are nothing new, the ongoing problems in many of those neighborhoods have been particularly…

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Sylvia’s of Harlem faces eviction

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The Midtown Restaurant Sylvia’s of Harlem may be getting evicted from its newly renovated home in the area’s historic Manhattan Casino. The restaurant owes the city more than $60,000 in things like rent, late fees and bounced payments. The city’s legal department mailed notice to Sylvia’s this week demanding payment in full of the amount owed. To remain in compliance with the city, Sylvia’s must pay up by the 29th of this month. If they fail to do so, the…

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60 St. Pete teens to get “intensive” job training

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A group of St. Pete teens will get a crash course in finding jobs this weekend during the 200 in 2015 Youth Employment Summit. Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 60 kids will undergo intensive training on how to land a job and be connected with job opportunities. Kids will participate in micro interviews with any of six participating employers who will be collecting job applications for holiday season jobs and beyond. The 200 in 2015 campaign is aimed…

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Clearing the air on this season’s contentious St. Pete City Council coverage

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It’s not every day I decide to swap my pronouns from the likes of “they” and “its” to the first person “I,” “Me,” and “My.” But today seems like a good day. I’ve been catching a lot of flak from people who support Lisa Wheeler-Brown for St. Pete City Council District 7. For those of you who may not have been following along, I started what has turned out to be a pretty nasty series of allegations. See, Wheeler-Brown spent…

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