Walk down Corey Avenue today and you’ll feel it – not a single grand reopening moment, but a steady, confident pulse. Storefronts evolving. Ideas overlapping. Women-led businesses reimagining what success looks like in a changing retail landscape. Together, they are shaping a revival rooted not in expansion for expansion’s sake, but in creativity, collaboration, and community.
At the center of this momentum is a group of women whose businesses tell a larger story about Corey Avenue’s resilience and reinvention. What unites these women isn’t just ownership – it’s mindset. Each has embraced change not as a setback, but as an opportunity to rethink how business can work better for customers, for neighbors, and for the avenue itself. Corey Avenue’s revitalization isn’t coming from a single developer or headline-grabbing project. It’s happening storefront by storefront, idea by idea – led by women choosing collaboration over competition and creativity over complacency.
If the current energy on Corey is any indication, this chapter is only just beginning. Hurricanes Helene and Milton had a major impact across the beaches, and the Corey Avenue area of St. Pete Beach has been steadily recovering. The long-established Corey Area…