Petersburg, Pinellas Technical Education Center, and Stetson University College of Law, many of whom fall in love with the city and stay local after graduation. We educate nearly 150,000 students across public, private, and technical schools and universities including St Petersburg College, Eckerd College, University of South Florida St. More than 265,000 people make their home here, living across 100+ distinct neighborhoods throughout the city and contributing to a regional workforce of over 1.4 million. Downtown development is booming and housing is expanding as more and more people are drawn to this area for the lifestyle and room to grow it provides. Pete supports businesses small and large with systems and structures to help them launch, sustain, and thrive. Pete offers abundant opportunities that attract and retain businesses, investors, residents, and talent. OpportunityĪs one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, St. Pete include the 245-acre Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, Sunken Gardens botanical park, historic Weedon Island Preserve, and Ft. Approximately 2,300 acres of public land are dedicated to 137 parks and recreation areas, including a seven mile preserved downtown waterfront-the third largest urban waterfront park system in North America. The natural surroundings are a haven of biodiversity that offer a broad range of landscapes and habitats across the city. Pete is a peninsular city surrounded by 244 miles of shoreline along Tampa Bay, Boca Ciega Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, and the intracoastal waterways. Pete offers a spectrum of support and opportunities to the LGBTQ+ community, including LGBTQ+ visitor information, the Metro Inclusive Health LGBTQ+ Welcome Center, and the largest Pride celebration in Florida. Pete has earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI), which examines the laws, policies, and services of municipalities and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of LGBTQ+ people who live and work there. Pete extends a warm welcome to the LGBTQ+ community and consistently ranks among the top cities for LGBTQ+ people to live and visit. Musicians play in packed venues as well as back yards, filmmakers shoot and screen locally, live poetry is offered at cafés and breweries, there’s a roaming book bus, and our annual mural festival adorns our walls and streets with art from all over the globe. The arts are woven into the city, and their influence can be seen on street corners, down alleys, and alongside daily life. Petersburg Opera, and features a year-long lineup of entertainment across venues like the Mahaffey Theater and the Palladium, as well as residential theater companies like, freeFall Theatre, and American Stage. Woodson African American History Museum, Florida CraftArt, and Great Explorations. Petersburg Museum of History, The Morean Arts Center, Dr. Pete, The Chihuly Collection, Florida Holocaust Museum, The James Museum, St. Pete include The Dalí Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Fairgrounds St. Pete is home to world-famous museums and independent galleries, a thriving performing arts scene, film festivals, live music, a vibrant literary arts community, a close-knit community of working artists and crafts-people, and a whole lot of public art and outdoor installations. Ranked as a top arts and cultural destination among cities its size, St. Petersburg, the SHINE Mural Festival, Florida’s largest PRIDE celebration, and the nation’s longest-running parade honoring Dr. Anthony's Triathlon, yachting events, the Mainsail Arts Festival, Green Thumb Festival, Bluesfest, American Stage in the Park, Snowfest and First Night St. Annual EventsĮach year residents and visitors enjoy more than 1,000 special events and festivals, including the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Pete attracts tourists, new residents, and investments from across the country and beyond. With weather that sees averages of 74☏ and 361 days of sunshine per year, St. Petersburg, Florida offers a vibrant mix of tropical weather, arts and culture, shopping, dining, sports, and outdoor recreation all along a stunning shoreline that features some of the nation’s top-ranked beaches.