SMALL BUSINESS WEEK: St. Pete’s Resilient Entrepreneurial Spirit St. Petersburg is officially designating the week of October 19 – 23 as Small Business Week! St. Pete Small Business Week is a locally recognized week-long event to celebrate local business growth and the diverse voices in entrepreneurship. Diversity, […]
Back Commercial Revitalization Program (CRP) Provides grant awards to projects that improve established business districts by redeveloping properties, decreasing vacancy rates, adding to the tax base, creating jobs, leveraging private sector investment, and improving the quality of life for surrounding neighborhoods through removal of blight […]
Need help applying for the Pinellas CARES Local Business Grant? Join Pinellas County for a series of informative webinars on Zoom to get answers to your questions about eligibility, documents and the application process. Pinellas CARES Webinar Series: Applying for a Local Business Grant Session […]
Esther Eugene is a recent graduate of the Virtual Entrepreneurial Academy Spring 2020 and returned to The Greenhouse to host St. Pete Pitch Night. “The Entrepreneurial Academy exceeded my expectations – especially in the depth of information supplied and the access to the instructors and presenters. The […]
St. Pete celebrates local appeal with the Pier’s Marketplace. Located just past the Pier’s Gateway, the Marketplace features an array of 17 small businesses that are based in the Tampa Bay area. The vendors have set up shop in featured market stalls and pop-up tents […]
A weekly event for local entrepreneurs to meet, present their startups, and gain feedback from the thriving peer network of St. Petersburg’s local business community. The Greenhouse hosts 1 MC from 9 to 10 a.m. every Wednesday morning. The format of these caffeinated events is […]
On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 from 5-7 PM, the St. Petersburg Greenhouse will host their second annual St. Pete Pitch Night. This competition is an opportunity for the entrepreneurial spirit of our community to shine and for one lucky “Pitcher†to receive a prize of $5,000 to go towards their small business. Who […]
Coming out of Exec Order 2020-24, the City of St. Pete has created a handout guide to let businesses know about their latest responsibilities related to COVID-19. The guide includes: Develop COVID-19 mitigation and contingency plans Require employees to wear masks Full Executive Order and further resources […]
Applications for the Fighting Chance Fund Round 3 will be available June 23, 2020 starting at 8 AM. There are limited funds that will be distributed on a first-submitted and correctly completed application basis. The program remains open until funds are exhausted. The City initially allocated $6.8 […]
On Tuesday, June 9, Mayor Rick Kriseman announced upcoming changes to the St. Petersburg Fighting Change Fund. Expanded Eligibility Coming June 23 The current round of applications for Fighting Chance Fund will be available until Tuesday, June 16. If you are currently working on an application, […]