The Grow Smarter Summit will be held December 7th at Pinellas Technical College and you can register by clicking here. We will engage in a discussion about the future of our city with the theme of “The Future of St. Pete is ...

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What do you think about St. Pete?  We want to know! Take the survey: www.growsmartersurvey.com. For a little history, in 2014 the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of St. Petersburg came together to create a ...

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The St. Pete Chamber of Commerce has organized 6 committees to continue activating the Grow Smarter Initiative. District & Corridor Work Group Targeted Job Creation Work Group Awareness Building Work Group Entrepreneurial Growth ...

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The arms race for HQ2 is in full swing. Cities across the country submitted proposals to Amazon for their second headquarters site, a $5 billion project that could employ up to 50,000 people at an average annual wage of more than ...

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Join us in attending the Grow Smarter Summit on December 8th. This event is open to the public and will gather some of the most civically-minded and participatory citizens in St. Petersburg toward one goal: growing smarter – ...

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Entrepreneurial Growth: Formalize new partnerships to advance “cradle-to-career” education. The Grow Smarter Strategy specifically outlined the necessity of formalizing new partnerships in education and business sectors to support ...

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Targeted Job Creation & Awareness Building: Create an Economic Development Corporation The Grow Smarter Strategy specifically outlined the necessity of creating a city economic development corporation for the purpose of growing and ...

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District & Corridor Development: Formalizing the district The Grow Smarter Strategy specifically outlined the necessity of formalizing the St. Pete Innovation District in the Strategy report. The Innovation District has been ...

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