Mayor Kenneth T. Welch will hold a series of community engagement opportunities over the coming weeks to gather public input on priorities for Historic Gas Plant District Redevelopment. The first Community Conversations meeting will be held Tuesday, July 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Foundation for a Healthy St. Pete located in the Lakeview Shopping Center at 2333 34th St. South.
Members of the public are invited to participate in subject matter expert-led conversations addressing common themes about redevelopment priorities including:
- Equitable economic opportunities
- Affordable and workforce housing
- Economic impact, jobs
- Sustainability, equity
- Community impact.
The community input will be used to inform city’s decisions as they craft a new Request for Proposals for site redevelopment to be released in August.
Related: History of St. Pete’s Gas Plant District
“Equitable redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant District must respond to current economic conditions, challenges and questions facing our St. Petersburg community. Public engagement is a key component in ensuring we are responding to residents’ needs. I look forward to the opportunity to hear from you about this generational project,” said St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth T. Welch.
Additional community engagement sessions will be held on these dates as well:
- July 19 at the St. Petersburg College-Gibbs campus
- July 28 at USF St Pete
Additional details on those meetings and additional virtual engagement opportunities will be announced soon.
The meetings will utilize the same public engagement model from Mayor Welch’s original Community Conversations, held in late 2021 prior to his inauguration.
