The city council has recently approved funding for a new 45-space parking lot to be built outside the Historic Uptown neighborhood, under Interstate 375.
The new paved lot is part of a broader plan to connect neighborhoods in St. Petersburg by converting underutilized land.
Barkett Realty, headed by owner John Barkett, is leading the project of the new parking lot that will be downlit in the evenings and is a component of the entire I-375 park.
“Future projects will include continuing to wrap the actual park to the south and create an attractive entrance along 4th Avenue North while taking down the remaining construction fencing, some of which has been there for decades,” Barkett announced in its February newsletter.
The park includes a dog-friendly green space area.
Visitors and residents can park at the site while attending art fairs, indie markets, food truck rallies, community block parties and other events, as it provides a shaded lot. Read more
