The Brief
- Fifteen million dollars in state funding unlocks plans for a massive youth sports complex at the Toytown site in Pinellas County.
- The county will use that money to begin environmental cleanup.
- The project carries a projected price tag of between $150 million and $200 million.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Plans to revive the former Toytown landfill in Pinellas County are closer to a reality after the county received millions of dollars from the state.
What we know:
After three years of delays, the county finally received a $15 million grant from the state of Florida.
Now, county leaders say they can begin the environmental cleanup needed to transform the 235-acre former landfill into a state-of-the-art youth sports complex.…