{"id":189298,"date":"2026-03-12T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:14:16","slug":"rays-deal-jobs-data-school-funding-places-arts-alive-rui-farias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189298\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays deal, jobs data, school funding, Places, Arts Alive!: Rui Farias"},"content":{"rendered":"


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St. Petersburg will receive $400,000 annually and can redevelop part of the Tropicana Field site under a new licensing agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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City council members also unanimously approved allocating an additional $5.26 million to repair the storm-damaged stadium Thursday. The estimated $55 million project is on pace to conclude in April 2026, before the start of a new Major League Baseball season.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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It turns out that St. Petersburg\u2019s job loss data was not half as bad as the numbers presented during the city’s State of the Economy address in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Councilmember Gina Driscoll subsequently requested an administrative analysis on the declining job growth in June. \u201cI absolutely do not want us to become a bedroom community for Tampa and other cities that are creating jobs,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor this edition of Arts Alive!, we forgo the fun and frivolity of our regular podcast programming to focus on a weekend event that\u2019s enlightening, not entertaining: St. Petersburg Museum of History director Rui Farias\u2019 trolley tour of significant places from the civil rights movement in St. Petersburg. <\/p>\n


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