St. Petersburg's stunning city-wide renaissance has caught the attention of America. Our downtown, located on one of our nation's most beautiful waterfront parks, is fast-becoming one of the most attractive, livable and viable downtowns in the country.

St. Petersburg, with an average age of 38,  hosts  the annual internationally renowned St. Anthony's Triathlon & the Honda Grand Prix Street Race (ESPN world-wide) and recently hosted the NCAA Men's & Women's Final Four, the men's ACC Basketball Tournament, the 1996 Vice Presidential debates, welcomed the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team into our city's Tropicana Field (see potential new ball yard on front page) as their permanent home and the Tampa Bay Bucanners, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the PODS PGA Championship into our region and shared in the job growth of the Tampa Bay region that has led the nation.

 

The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce^®, honored by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives in 2008 as one of THE TOP 3 CHAMBERS IN NORTH AMERICA. St. Pete is the largest Chamber in the Tampa Bay region and celebrating its 109th year of leadership and service, is a dynamic membership association of more than 2,850 business and professional organizations, banded together in the interest of aiding and promoting job retention and creation, both locally and regionally. The Chamber and its 501 (c)(3) Foundation, in partnership with the City of St. Petersburg, has an extremely focused program on business retention and expansion.