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The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, in partnership with the Tampa Bay Times, recently invited our community to lean in and learn more about possibilities and new perspectives for St. Pete’s 86 most contemplated acres. As the postmortem of past deals settle, new hopes have already begun to rise for the redevelopment of the Tropicana Field site. Whether its next iteration revives St. Pete’s long-term love affair with baseball or makes way for an entirely new complement of activities at the city’s center, it is critical that the process to determine its destiny be community-centered and anchored in inclusion, in keeping with its public ownership and our city’s values.
We were pleased to kickstart that community conversation with Tuesday’s panel, the first in a series of three community engagements the Foundation is proud to present. The series will focus on what it means to be a healthy community and is an ideal illustration of the work that happens in the Foundation’s Center for Healthy Equity. Operating the Center for Health Equity is one of many ways the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg activates philanthropy to create a community where good health allows all people to thrive. The Center regularly convenes neighbors, national thought leaders, subject matter experts, and fellow change agents so that they may listen, learn, connect and create ideas that advance equity…