St. Pete Mayor Pushes Gas Plant Redevelopment, Floats $600M Resilience Referendum
By Daniel Washington | Published 2026-02-20T07:02:55.434Z
politics
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch used his 2024 State of the City address Wednesday to highlight key issues, including recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Historic Gas Plant District...
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch used his 2024 State of the City address Wednesday to highlight key issues, including recovery from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment, and his "five Pillars for Progress," Fox 13 News reported.
## Gas Plant Redevelopment
Welch stressed that equitable development, housing, jobs, economic opportunity, and community input remain his priorities for the Gas Plant proposals, according to Fox 13 News. Nine competing visions for t
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