Community

Safety Harbor Pier Reopens After Two-Year Hurricane Rebuild, Ribbon-Cutting Set for Sept. 12

The city's waterfront landmark is open again after Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton tore it apart in 2024. A $3 million rebuild made it wider and sturdier, with a public ribbon-cutting planned for Sept. 12 at 10 a.m.

Sep 12 min read

Community

Largo has the county museum and the botanical gardens, side by side

Two free county attractions on the same campus: a village of relocated historic buildings, and a botanical garden built on a former agricultural site.

Aug 172 min read

Community

Gulfport is the small town inside the county

An arts community on Boca Ciega Bay with a walkable waterfront main street, a monthly art walk and a casino building that is actually a ballroom.

Aug 172 min read

Community

Tarpon Springs: the sponge industry never actually stopped

A working waterfront built by Greek divers in the early 1900s, in the city with the highest percentage of Greek Americans in the country.

Aug 172 min read

Community

The St. Pete Pier and the waterfront the city refused to sell

A pier has stood at the end of Second Avenue in some form for more than a century. The current one opened in 2020 and is less a pier than a park.

Aug 172 min read

Community

Welcome to Pinellas County

The most densely populated county in Florida, on a peninsula with the Gulf on one side and Tampa Bay on the other, holding two dozen distinct towns.

Aug 172 min read