David Jenkins, founder and chairman of NorâWood Development Group â the regionâs most prolific development company â has proposed creating the GSF Business Improvement District covering 23 acres where the old
Gazette building is located at 30 S. Prospect St. The BID, just east of downtown, also will include the neighboring long-closed St. Francis Hospital, city planners said in agenda materials for the March 8 City Council work session. Norâwood owns the property at issue.
The BID and two associated metro districts would issue up to $100 million to fund public improvements, including utilities, two parking garages, drainage improvements, parks, streetscapes, landscaping and public art.
UPDATE: This blog has been updated to reflect comments about property values from County Assessor Steve Schleiker.
David Jenkins, founder and chairman of Nor Wood Development Group â the region s most prolific development company â has proposed creating the GSF Business Improvement District covering 23 acres where the old
Gazette building is located at 30 S. Prospect St. The BID, just east of downtown, also will include the neighboring long-closed St. Francis Hospital, city planners said in agenda materials for the March 8 City Council work session. Nor wood owns the property at issue.
The BID and two associated metro districts would issue up to $100 million to fund public improvements, including utilities, two parking garages, drainage improvements, parks, streetscapes, landscaping and public art.
By RICH LADEN | The Gazette | Published: February 8, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Tribune News Service) The Olympic Games might have been postponed in 2020, but the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum still won the equivalent of a gold medal. The venue, which opened last summer in downtown Colorado Springs, was named this month as the nation s best new attraction for 2020 by USA Today. The 60,000-square-foot museum honors the Olympic and Paralympic movements and their athletes through artifacts, displays and exhibits. Its cutting-edge technology such as mobile apps, video captions, audio description tracks and universal keypads guide visitors through the Olympic and Paralympic experience.
“There’s so much that you can do each time that’s different,” St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman said of the Pier. “And I think that’s why people keep coming back over and over again as opposed to one and done which is what we did not want.” (Spectrum News image)
St. Pete Pier Honored With National Recognition PUBLISHED 11:04 AM ET Jan. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:04 AM EST Jan. 12, 2021
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USA Today describes it as one of the best new destinations in the country.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said it’s an amazing honor.
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St. Pete Pier named #2 on USA Today s list if Top 10 new destinations