Entrepreneurs, collaborators and officials, including St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch and former mayor Rick Kriseman, were among hundreds of attendees recognizing the homeruns the St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp. has achieved in helping attract more than 2,000 new jobs to the city.
Inside The Vinoy, J.P. DuBuque, the outgoing founding president and current CEO of the St. Pete EDC, hosted the organization’s annual event Wednesday, shedding light on the new businesses calling St. Pete home.
Since the EDC’s founding in 2016, it has supported more than 351 job creation projects for companies considering relocating/expanding in St. Pete, and has assisted 58 companies with their openings.
Relic Tickets, which has built a smart ticket system on the blockchain for event venues, was one of the businesses spotlighted as it is moving its headquarters to St. Petersburg.
During the event, CEO Hunter Abramson said he was initially “completely sold” on either growing the company in Lakeland’s Catapult co-working space or moving the HQ to Miami or Austin, Texas – two well-known startup hubs. Read more
