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Ground breaking on what will be St. Pete’s tallest building planned for Friday

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Ground breaks on what will be St. Pete’s tallest building this Friday. Mayor Rick Kriseman and other city officials will be on hand from 10 a.m. until noon to celebrate the planned 41-story ONE St. Petersburg condominium tower. The condo at 100 First Avenue North will feature 253 luxury condos, a 40,000 square-foot elevated resort deck including a fitness center, swimming pool, whirlpool, spa and private cabanas as well as a 173-room Hyatt Hotel with more than 17,000 square-feet of…

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St. Pete hires former senior administrator as Baseball Forever coordinator

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In what was really just an excuse to hand out free T-shirts, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman launched the city’s Baseball Forever campaign Saturday evening at Ferg’s Sports Bar. The campaign is the city’s official effort to build a case for keeping the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg. According to St. Pete chief of staff Kevin King, the city hired Rick Mussett, the city’s retired senior administrator who was St. Pete’s main contact with the Rays and played an…

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St. Pete elected officials on list urging Senate to oppose fracking bill

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A bill aimed at legalizing hydraulic fracturing Florida, or fracking, died in the state Senate Thursday with a provision allowing it to possibly resurface. A similar bill has already passed the House. While there was much back and forth during the long debate in the Senate appropriations committee, the close call vote came, perhaps, as a result of numerous speakers opposed to fracking and countless others who sent in correspondence opposing the measure. Among those who gave the bill a…

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Bike share program heads to City Council for up or down vote

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St. Pete City Council will decide whether or not to approve funding for a proposed bike share program. During a workshop Thursday approved via straw poll scheduling full City Council approval. A specific date was not specified. The City and Mayor Rick Kriseman had called on City Council to approve $1.5 million for the program that would put stations in and around downtown. The money would be split three ways with $500,000 each coming from the city’s parking fees, transportation…

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St. Pete searching for firm to develop Tropicana Field site plans – with a stadium

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St. Pete is now officially looking for a firm to develop a master plan for the Tropicana Field site. The City released a Request for Qualifications Tuesday with emphasis on creating a plan that includes a new baseball stadium. “It is the goal of the City, through this planning process, to show the assets and potential of the site to the Rays and to articulate the economic development and job creating strength of this development,” the request reads. City Council…

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St. Petersburg hires full-time community intervention director

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Expressing outrage and concern over a rash of shootings that left seven dead in the closing weeks of 2015, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman vowed to spend $1 million combating gun violence — particularly in the mostly poor Midtown and South St. Pete neighborhoods. Kriseman took the first step in making good on that promise this week by hiring a community intervention director. During a speech at the Carter G. Woodson African-American History Museum last month, Kriseman announced a position…

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Rick Kriseman delivers not-so-subtle blow to St. Pete’s other Rick, former Mayor Baker

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman took a jab at one of his predecessors during a recent interview on the SPF 15 podcast. “I served on City Council from 2000 to 2006 and that was kind of a period of time that was described as … our first real Renaissance,” Kriseman said. He was asked how the city is “managing this growth in a considerate manner.” Kriseman’s answer in a nutshell: We weren’t, but now we are. The dig is directed…

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