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Firestone Grand Prix this weekend in St Pete

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It has been a decade since the Grand Prix first took over downtown, bringing thousands of fans to St Pete.

A series of races along a picturesque 14 turn, 1.8 mile temporary track, featuring the IndyCar, Firestone Indy Lights, Pro Mazda Championship, USF2000 National Championship, Pirelli World Challenge Championships, Expanded Bright House Speed Zone, Yacht Club, Indy Fan Village, autograph sessions, Ferris Wheel, Stadium Supertrucks, go cart racing, celebrity sightings and more!

New this year, the HERO ZONE, a free, interactive military obstacle course, lets kids of all ages test their skills on some of the same obstacles faced by our troops in basic training. The HERO ZONE is deployed by Wish for Our Heroes and is located inside Gate 1, next to the Bright House Speed Zone. Inside the Speed Zone, get physical with rock climbing, power jumping, mechanical bull rides, a pit stop challenge, or gyroscope.

From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. there is a FREE shuttle service from Tropicana Field to the race course. Parking at Tropicana Field will be $10. The shuttle will pick passengers up on 10th St. S. and drop off passengers near the Hilton on Fourth Ave. S. between Second and Third Streets. There will be a two-block walk to the race entry gate 5. The shuttle will operate all three race days from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

March 28th-30th

http://www.gpstpete.com/

This weekend in St Petersburg, 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr Day Parade

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On November 3rd 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Federal King Holiday Bill, making the third Monday of every January, the Federal King Holiday.

On January 20, 1986 he first, oldest, and largest MLK National Parade, Battle of Bands and Drum Line Extravaganza was held For the first time in American History, White marching bands and African American Marching Bands marched together in Salute and Tribute to the first Martin Luther King, Jr. National Parade in St Petersburg Florida.

Monday, January 20th, 2014 11am-3pm

National Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Parade begins at Third Ave. South and Martin Luther King St., goes north to Central Ave, east to Bayshore Drive and finally north to Fifth Ave. North, finishing at Vinoy Park.

 

 

 

The 36th Annual St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat show this weekend

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The 36th Annual St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show, the largest boat show on the Gulf Coast, is set to sail into the Progress Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park in St. Petersburg from Thursday, Dec. 5 through Sunday, Dec. 8

The show will feature an impressive selection of power boats and sailboats in water and on land, including a 40,000-square-foot clearspan tent housing all types of marine gear. Show-goers will find hundreds of power boats and sailboats including family cruisers, runabouts, fishing boats, magnificent sailing yachts, personal watercraft and much more.  – See more here

 

6th Annual Chillounge Night Saturday 23rd November

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Straub Park will transform again into a magnificent outdoor lounge, tomorrow evening, with 6 trucks of beautiful lounge furniture. The 6th Annual Chillounge night  is the most highly anticipated event in November.

Sipping cocktails under the stars makes an ideal venue for socializing with friends or an intimate, romantic evening. Enjoy live music from local bands, fashion shows and fireworks on the spectacular lounge seating areas throughout the park.

Tickets include complementary food and drinks from Parkshore Grill and 400 Beach.

Whole Foods eyes site in downtown St. Petersburg

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By Katherine Snow Smith, Times staff writer
Tampa Bay Times
Published: Sep 14, 2012

ST. PETERSBURG — Whole Foods is considering opening a store in downtown St. Petersburg. The chain of large health food grocery stores known for its vast salad bar, hot food bar and soup selection along with the many rare products on its shelves is eyeing property adjacent to the Synovus Bank building at 333 Third Ave. N.

“They are studying a couple of different schemes. There is some kind of written agreement,” said Dave Jenkins, a property manager with Southeast Companies, who oversees the Synovus building and property.

He didn’t know the details of the agreement but said it was contingent on the grocery company deciding the site worked for its needs and that it would probably make a final decision by the end of the year.

No potential plans call for razing the Synovus building, Jenkins added. The bank owns the whole block where the building sits. The bank and its tenants would stay where they are.

“They can’t go on Fourth Street. Publix has 38th Avenue tied up. Fresh Market was able to just squeeze in its location,” said Paula Clair Smith, retail real estate broker with Commercial Asset Partners who specializes in St. Petersburg but is not involved in this potential deal. “Whole Foods has a very specific footprint and design. That block would give it to them.”

“I can’t confirm anything on that,” said Dominic DiMaio Jr., president and CEO of Synovus Bank of Florida, when asked if Whole Foods has an agreement on any of the bank’s property.

He said the property is not listed for sale but the bank would entertain any offers.

The Miami Beach-based broker who represents Whole Foods in real estate acquisitions wouldn’t comment on the downtown St. Petersburg site or discuss the Texas-based chain’s general plans for Tampa Bay.

“We are looking throughout the Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg market,” said Michael Finkle, managing director at Koniver Stern Group.

There is a Whole Foods at Interstate 275 and Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa and another in downtown Sarasota. A 36,000-square-foot store is slated to open in Carrollwood

“In ’08 there was talk that Whole Foods was kind of looking at that property. So it’s interesting that they are back on that site doing a study there,” Smith said. “Where else can you get that perfect rectangle with enough space to do their footprint in downtown or even in a good portion of St. Petersburg?”

While the population of downtown St. Petersburg is growing, some might question whether there is enough density of high income residents to support a Whole Foods.

“Even though you don’t have the residents there are so many people downtown in a day or on the weekends. There’s the Saturday Morning Market. Hotel guests at the Vinoy,” Smith said.

“An addition of an upscale market to our community, and especially to the growing residential neighborhood of downtown, will escalate the growing epicurean sector in St. Petersburg,” said Sophia Sorolis, the city’s manager of economic development