{"id":278761,"date":"2026-05-20T23:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278761\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:18:41","slug":"mayor-welch-city-of-st-petersburg-to-host-2026-state-of-the-economy-on-june-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278761\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Welch, City of St. Petersburg to Host 2026 State of the Economy on June 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tMayor Welch, City of St. Petersburg to Host 2026 State of the Economy on June 3<\/p>\n<p>May 20, 2026 &#8211; St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth T. Welch and his Economic Development team will host the 2026 State of the Economy on Wednesday, June 3, from 4 &#8211; 6 p.m. at The Mahaffey Theater (400 1st St. S).<\/p>\n<p>The State of the Economy is a snapshot of how St. Petersburg\u2019s local economy is performing, including jobs, business growth, and overall economic trends that affect residents. It also highlights key City initiatives and strategic investments designed to strengthen economic vitality, attract new opportunities and support sustainable growth across the community.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Welch will be joined by 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.<\/p>\n<p>Seating is limited. Registration is required for all attendees: <a class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stpete.org\/SOTE2026\" target=\"_blank\">www.stpete.org\/SOTE2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those unable to attend in person, the event will be shared on the City of St. Petersburg&#8217;s Facebook Page, <a class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StPeteFL\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/StPeteFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parking: Free parking is available at the Mahaffey Theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Welch, City of St. Petersburg to Host 2026 State of the Economy on June 3 May 20,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-278761","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\/278761","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=278761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}