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Curious to learn more about preservation or ways to get involved in your community, but don’t know where to start? We’re here to help. In our blog, our preservation experts break down current advocacy issues, ways to get involved, and local St. Pete happenings.
The effort to create a Local Historic District around Mirror Lake encountered a slight delay last month when the Community Planning and Preservation Commission (CPPC) failed to reach a quorum and was unable to vote on the application.
As downtown St. Pete continues to boom, it’s sometimes hard to keep up with every project and, with so much happening so quicky, we often don’t have time to step back to see things in totality. Here then, is a roundup of what’s happening around Mirror Lake.
Our tagline is “Keep St. Pete Special.” It’s an effective earworm that has seeped into the local discourse. Residents and politicians often repeat variations of this mantra, telling audiences that we “can’t lose sight of what made St. Pete special in the first place.” Indeed, at a forum hosted last year by the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, mayor Ken Welch related the sentiment of one of his constituents who asked him if we’re “maybe loving St. Pete to death.”
