Old landfill in Pinellas County one step closer to becoming youth sports complex

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.

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