{"id":239235,"date":"2026-04-20T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239235\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:15:09","slug":"public-to-weigh-in-on-top-four-gas-plant-district-redevelopment-proposals-at-open-house-later-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239235\/","title":{"rendered":"Public to weigh in on top four Gas Plant District redevelopment proposals at open house later this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For those unable to attend in person, the city will offer a virtual participation option via Zoom. The event will also be recorded and made available afterward on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@StPetersburgFL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpete.org\/connect_with_us\/stpete_tv.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SPTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The open house is part of a broader selection process that will continue over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Following a 30-day public input period, city administrators are expected to complete a strengths and weaknesses analysis of the shortlisted proposals in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">That same month, applications will open for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpete.org\/government\/boards___committees\/cbac.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Community Benefits Advisory Council<\/a>\u2019s project committee, a non-partisan board that advises city leadership on major development projects and community benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Mayor Welch is expected to select a proposal, or proposals, in June after reviewing staff analysis and public feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The selected plan(s) will then move through additional review by the Community Benefits Advisory Council and City Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In July, the advisory council is expected to host two meetings, including one with public comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Feedback from those meetings will help inform negotiations between the city and the selected development team(s) before a final agreement is brought to City Council for approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">More information, including virtual meeting details and the full proposals, is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpete.org\/residents\/current_projects\/historic_gas_plant.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the city\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For those unable to attend in person, the city will offer a virtual participation option via Zoom. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-239235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}