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ENVIRONMENTAL:
St. Petersburg is Florida’s First “Green City”
Designated May 2007 by Florida Green Building Coalition
“Green Local Government Standards” Award
February 2007 1st City Awarded in FLA by the Florida
Green Building Coalition
“Tree City” USA Award
Designated for over 21-years by the Florida
Forestry Division; National Arbor Day Foundation
CREATIVE
CLASS:
“Top 10 Community for Creative Class”
Southern
Business & Development 2007
QUALITY
OF LIFE:
Eighth Cleanest City in the Nation
Forbes
2008
“Best Walking City” in State of Florida
APMA 2008
“Best Community for Young People”
America’s Promise 2006,
2007 & 2008
Bicycle Friendly Community
League
of American Bicyclists 2006
Top 10 Great Downtown Waterfront Districts
in the South
Southern
Business & Development 2005
“Most Livable Community”
Partners for Livable
Communities 2004 (2007 award
renewal year)
“Most Livable Downtown in the Southeast”
Southern Development
Magazine 2003
#1 Mega-Market in the South
2002, 2003 honors awarded by Southern
Business & Development Magazine
Top 25 Arts Destinations”
American
Style Magazine 2003-2007
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS:
Second in Nation for Lowest Overall Business Costs
KPMG 2008 Competitive Analysis
Business Cost Index
2006 Charles A.
McIntosh Award of Distinction Tampa Bay
Regional Planning Council honors
Mayor’s Mentors and More Program
Outstanding Local Government Partnership Award
Keep Florida Beautiful, Inc. 2003
Best Marketing
Campaign for “St. Petersburg Shines”
Design2003 honor awarded by Southern Economic
Development Council
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS:
2007 Roy F. Kenzie
Awards
The Florida
Redevelopment Association awards
Progress Energy for the Arts Mahaffey Theater as outstanding
rehabilitation, renovation, or reuse project
The Florida
Redevelopment Association awards Progress Energy Headquarters as
outstanding new building project
2006 First Place in the Cultural/Sports/ Recreation Improvement category Tampa Bay
Regional Planning Council awards
The Mahaffey Theater renovation project
“Best Residential Deal of 2006”
Tampa Bay Business Journal awards 1010
Central mixed use development project
2006 Roy F. Kenzie
Award
The Florida
Redevelopment Association awards
Tangerine Plaza as the outstanding new building project of the year.
2006 “Best
of the Best”
The Florida Redevelopment Association honors Tangerine Plaza as top redevelopment project in the state of FL
2005 Outstanding
Rehabilitation, Renovation, or Reuse Building Project Award
Designated by the Florida Redevelopment
Association
2005 Phoenix Award
The Johnnie
Ruth-Clarke Health Center received
honor as outstanding redevelopment project
2004 “Best of the Best”
The Johnnie Ruth-Clarke Health Center received honor from NAIOP
for outstanding redevelopment project
2003 Best Reuse and/or Renovation Award
The Florida Redevelopment Association awards
the Sunken Gardens historical renovation project
2003 Best of the Best Award for Rehabilitation
The NAIOP
awards Sunken Garden historical renovation project
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