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St. Petersburg Approves Allowing Some Single-Family Homes to become Multifamily
The City Council on Thursday approved allowing owners of nearly 3,000 properties in the urban core to turn them into up to four residences.
The sweeping zoning change is intended to increase housing in a water-locked city experiencing a growth spurt. After 2½ hours of impassioned remarks, most from residents who were adamantly against the changes, the council approved the change in a 7-1 vote.
“It’s a reasoned, thoughtful approach,” said Jason Mathis, CEO of the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership. “It’s a way to add some additional density in a way we can measure and see what happens.”
“Is it nice to have? Absolutely, but we don’t have the same need for baseball that we had 20 years ago,” our CEO, Jason Mathis, told the Tampa Bay Business Jour
Does St. Pete need a cleaner, safer downtown?
Calls for police assistance in downtown St. Petersburg have soared alongside the area’s growth and popularity.
Conversation with Paul Shoukry
Thank you to the new CEO of Raymond James, Paul Shoukry, who sat down with our members yesterday at the ARK Innovation Center to answer some of their questions
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