{"id":278652,"date":"2026-05-20T21:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278652\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:52:05","slug":"city-to-host-state-of-the-economy-june-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278652\/","title":{"rendered":"City to host State of the Economy June 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, 2026 &#8211; Mayor Ken Welch and the City of St. Petersburg will host the 2026 State of the Economy June 3 at the Mahaffey Theater, at 400 1st Street S., from 4 &#8211; 6 p.m. \u00a0The event will provide a &#8220;snapshot of how St. Petersburg\u2019s local economy is performing, including jobs, business growth and overall economic trends that affect residents,&#8221; according to a prepared statement. It will also highlight City initiatives and investments that support economic growth. City Council chair Lisset Hanewicz and guest speakers Michelle Detweiler, president &amp; CEO of Parc Center for Disabilities, and Pat Mack, founder &amp; CEO of PVM, are scheduled to attend. To register, <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/ta4x955\/lp\/361e8303-251f-427f-93ed-48011e03a91e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visit this link.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/zaps\" class=\"btn btn-aqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More Zaps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\" class=\"btn btn-aqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frontpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 20, 2026 &#8211; Mayor Ken Welch and the City of St. Petersburg will host the 2026 State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-278652","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\/278652","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=278652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}