Daily Archives: April 8, 2016

15 consultants respond to St. Petersburg’s plan to redevelop Tropicana Field

ST. PETERSBURG — More than a dozen consultants want a chance to help the city redevelop Tropicana Field — with or without the Tampa Bay Rays. By Friday afternoon, 15 consultants from cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Dallas, and closer to home, from Orlando, Tampa and St. Petersburg, had responded to a…

Miami commissioner wants new executive for Omni CRA

Miami’s newest city commissioner is flexing his muscle as the chairman of an anti-blight district by moving to replace the agency’s head with the top administrator at the Village of El Portal. Commissioner Ken Russell recommended in a memorandum last week that his colleagues support him in removing Pieter Bockweg as the $150,000-a-year executive director…