ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — Officials in the city of St. Pete Beach have been trying to figure out whether to repair or demolish two public buildings in Pass-a-Grille that were flooded by Hurricane Helen: the shuffleboard clubhouse and Merry Pier bait shop.
“We just want to save what we can of the old Pass-a-Grille,” said resident Alan Stalb, 87. “There’s just so little left.”
Stalb is a member of the Pass-a-Grille Shuffleboard Club, which has been lobbying the city to save their clubhouse. The group showed up to a city commission meeting last week to make their case…