This initiative supports Mayor Welch’s Pillar for Progress: Environment, Infrastructure, and Resilience. Learn more about Mayor Welch’s five Pillars for Progress and six Principles for Accountable and Responsive Government at stpete.org/Vision.
Building a Sustainable Future, Together
St. Petersburg is a city shaped by the water; we’re shaping our future to live with it.
As we see rising seas, stronger storms, and hotter days, St. Pete is taking thoughtful, proactive steps to protect our neighborhoods, strengthen our environment, and preserve the vibrant coastal lifestyle that defines our community.
Resilience is about more than responding to challenges, it’s about preparing for them, adapting to them, and emerging stronger. It means planning ahead, investing wisely, and making decisions that support both current residents and generations to come.
Our Approach to Resilience
Across the city, we’re advancing efforts to better understand our risks, safeguard our infrastructure, and support a healthy, sustainable environment. Our resilience work includes:
Understanding Our Vulnerabilities
Assessing how sea-level rise, storm surge, extreme heat, flooding, and other climate impacts affect St. Pete’s people, places, and ecosystems — and identifying where we need to act first.
Planning for a Stronger Future
Using long-term, science-based strategies to guide sustainable growth, protect critical infrastructure, preserve natural resources, and increase our ability to withstand and recover from climate impacts.
Taking Action Across the City
From coastal protections to heat mitigation, from green infrastructure to community preparedness, St. Pete is putting resilience into practice in ways that improve quality of life today while building a safer, stronger tomorrow.
Projects & Efforts Powering Resilient St. Pete