The 28-acre site at 800 31st Street South, located west of the Warehouse Arts District and across from Gibbs High School, is owned by the Iafrate family and is envisioned as a new Creators District.
The concept is for a neighborhood with a soul where artists, makers, entrepreneurs, and residents can live, work, and gather.
To guide the effort, the family has enlisted engineering and planning firm Kimley-Horn and urban design firm Dover Kohl and Partners.
The charrette, held on site, invited residents, artists, small business owners, and city leaders to share what they want this corner of South St. Pete to become.
Stakeholders filled sticky notes with ideas that ranged from art studios and maker spaces to farmers markets, playgrounds, rehydration stations, and business incubators.