ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The City of St. Petersburg will move forward with the Science Center deal. Mayor Kenneth Welch spoke to residents on the West Side during a meeting Wednesday. Those residents previously said their voices weren’t being heard on the matter.
“I think the exciting part about this is that our constituents got to see this process work in real time,” said Copley Gerdes, city council member.
Dozens of emails, calls, and one packed council meeting later, the deal gets to move forward.
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