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‘Just amazing:’ Rays return to Trop a success
On Monday, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor (second from left) and St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch (second from right) simultaneously threw out ceremonial first pitches at Tropicana Field, which hasn’t hosted a game since September 2024. All photos by Mark Parker. When asked who had the better ceremonial first pitch before Monday’s historic home opener at […]
Mark Parker
Apr 84 min read
St. Pete shifts gears on stadium, Gas Plant funding source
St. Petersburg plans to complete $361.25 million worth projects downtown before sunsetting the Intown Community Redevelopment Area, established in 1982 to reduce blight. Photo by Mark Parker. St. Petersburg prolonged a community redevelopment area’s lifespan to support a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium and the Historic Gas Plant District’s rebirth. Officials are now reallocating those […]
Mark Parker
Feb 124 min read
New leadership appointments for Flowers, James and Johnson
New leadership appointments were announced this week for Dr. René Flowers, Dr. Jeffery Johnson, and Roy James, Jr. by (respectively) the David Jolly gubernatorial campaign, the City of Tampa and the City of St. Petersburg. Commissioner René Flowers to Co-Lead Community Development for Jolly Campaign Pinellas County Commissioner René Flowers at an October 2025 groundbreakingceremony […]
Gypsy C. Gallardo
Nov 13, 20254 min read
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