Summer in the Bay

The heat is on, summer thunderstorms are back and our area is packed with activity. Downtown St. Pete was hustling and bustling with the Pride Festival last weekend. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge was beautifully illuminated in rainbow colors. The Tampa Bay Lightning made it in the Final Round of the Stanley Cup, and we are […]

Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida

The greater downtown area is flourishing with a rapidly evolving retail and arts scene supported by a growing population of residents and daytime office employees. Revitalization of the downtown core continues with projects that include new retail shops, restaurants, research facilities, residential towers, craft breweries, and cultural facilities. Key areas of downtown include the Innovation […]

Florida Polytechnic University – A University of Innovation

In only a few years Florida Polytechnic University has established a name for itself as a university focusing on solving industry problems through creative solutions. Their advanced fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) attract innovative thinking students from different places. Florida Polytechnic University is located along Interstate 4 at the heart of Florida’s […]

15 Year Anniversary – St. Pete Saturday Morning Market

ST PETERSBURG SATURDAY MORNING MARKET RE-OPENS FOR ITS NEW SEASON -The largest farmers market in the southeast US celebrates 15 year anniversary! Beginning Saturday, October 7, St Petersburg’s Saturday Morning Market will be reopening for its 15th season on the beautiful waterfront of downtown St Petersburg. With about 10,000 customers a week, and 170 vendors […]

Florida Life after Hurricane Irma

It has been three weeks since Florida was declared a disaster area due to Hurricane Irma. Life is almost back to normal for many people with the exception of the still lingering brush piles in front of their houses. Electricity has been restored to all (or so we believe) communities and grocery stores and gas […]

A Major League Soccer Expansion is within reach

The Rowdies have one of the most simple, inexpensive stadium plans among the expansion hopefuls. They already have refurbished seats, the video board, locker rooms, and more at Al Lang Stadium, which sits on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront. Now Bill Edwards is committed to putting $80 million (plus cost overruns) into expanding the stadium […]

It is Grand Prix time

Every year in the spring downtown gets transformed into a racing paradise. The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is a Verizon IndyCar Series race held in St. Petersburg, Florida. The race has been the season opener since 2009, with the exception of 2010, when it was the second race of the season (but the […]

The official end of summer

Dear Visitors, in the US the “official summer” doesn’t end on Labor Day weekend. Two days ago was Labor Day, which symbolizes that summer is over. In Florida, however, it seems that nobody took that message to the appropriate “weather makers”. The temperatures are blazing hot. The typical summer thunderstorms are still in full force. […]

Drivers, start your engines

Dear Visitor, Last weekend marked the 10th Anniversary of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The city was brimming with race teams, fast cars, sponsors, and fans. It was, in the Mayor’s words, the “fastest spring break party on the streets of St. Petersburg”. We had the honor of hosting the first of the IndyCar […]