Thousands of African American residents once proudly owned homes and businesses in St. Petersburg’s Historic Gas Plant District; many now hope a $6.5 billion redevelopment project will provide those same opportunities.
Nikki Gaskin-Capehart, CEO of the Pinellas County Urban League, said community stakeholders have expressed those concerns since they first discussed how city officials could right past wrongs at the site. The ability to own rather than rent space in the 76 acres surrounding a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark was again a prominent topic Wednesday (Dec. 20). Read more at www.stpetecatalyst.com.
