{"id":61837,"date":"2025-11-26T18:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/61837\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:47:55","slug":"st-pete-purchases-land-to-expand-its-parks-and-create-more-neighborhood-green-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/61837\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete purchases land to expand its parks and create more neighborhood green space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Sunshine City is getting a little greener. St. Pete is stepping up its investment in public parks, reflecting an ongoing commitment to the beautification of neighborhood green spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The city has recently spent around $3 million to acquire properties located next to three existing parks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">These purchases allow St. Pete to expand recreational areas, improve stormwater management, and preserve land for future community use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Below is a summary of the latest purchases and the city\u2019s plans for each site.<\/p>\n<p>Harbordale Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stpeteparksrec.org\/parks___facilities\/harbordale_park.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harbordale Park<\/a> is located at 6th Street South and East Harbor Drive South in the Harbordale neighborhood of south St. Pete, offering a playground and open green space for families. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In August 2024, the city purchased a 0.12-acre parcel just east of Harbordale Park, at 2405 6th Street South, for $239,000. The property previously contained a run-down home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The additional land increases the boundaries of Harbordale Park by roughly 5,000 square feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sunshine City is getting a little greener. St. Pete is stepping up its investment in public parks,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-61837","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\/61837","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=61837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}