Poe joins Weichert, Realtors®
ST. PETERSBURG – Weichert, Realtors® – Exclusive Properties announced that Susan Poe has joined its Saint Petersburg office. Poe joins a dedicated team of knowledgeable agents who bring many years of combined real estate expertise to their clients.
Weichert, Realtors® – Exclusive Properties, located at 6727 First Ave. S, Suite 106, is an independently owned and operated affiliate of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. For more information, contact Hector Contreras at 727-344-9325 or hector@tberealty.com.
State awards St. Pete ‘trail town’ designation
ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Petersburg Greater Arts District was recently designated as a Trail Town by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Greenways and Trails. St. Petersburg is the most recent city to receive this designation from FDEP and joins 22 other cities that are recognized as a Trail Town.
“This designation is a testament to what we’ve known all along,” said Mayor Kenneth T. Welch. “St. Pete is a vibrant community where residents and visitors can enjoy our thoughtfully-designed trails, active transportation, arts and culture community, and local businesses. I’m proud of the work our city team and our community partners did to secure this designation and for their ongoing efforts in making St. Pete one of the best places to live and visit.”
The Trail Town program through FDEP was established in 2018 to recognize communities with significant trail investments. A Trail Town is a community located along or in proximity to one or more long-distance nonmotorized recreational trails and is a “vibrant destination where people come together.” Trail Towns are not stand-alone communities, they are linked by a long-distance trail corridor.
St. Petersburg was selected as a Trail Town because of the proximity to the Pinellas Trail, which connects four arts districts in St. Pete: Warehouse Arts District, EDGE District, Central Arts District, and Waterfront Arts District. These districts promote art and cultural experiences throughout the trail and provides easy access to nearby local businesses.
The Trail Town application required an assessment of trail amenities to ensure that users have significant access to supportive infrastructure and services. For the St. Pete designation, this included emergency markers, trail courtesy reminders, access to restaurants and retail, bike racks, and public restrooms. The Pinellas Trail also serves as an ideal transportation facility and is adjacent to many iconic, local special events including Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, First Friday, Halloween on Central, Localtopia, the SHINE Mural Festival, and more.
Local woman selected for Holocaust seminar
ST. PETERSBURG — Yara Lugo of the Florida Holocaust Museum recently returned from the 2026 Advanced Seminar on Holocaust Education conducted by The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous in West Orange, N.J.
Lugo was among 13 educators from throughout Florida who attended. They were among 23 middle and high school educators and Holocaust center staff chosen from eight states to participate.
The Jan. 17-18 seminar was an intensive two-day academic program focused on strengthening Holocaust education and addressing both historical and contemporary antisemitism. This year’s seminar placed special emphasis on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in Holocaust education and research.
This year’s speakers included Prof. Andy Pearce of University College London, Prof. Avinoam Patt of New York University, Prof. Noah Shenker of Colgate University and renowned Holocaust historian and exhibition curator Paul Salmons.