Coordinated Education + Training
Chair: Leah McRae
Director of Education City of St. Petersburg
Vice Chair: Dr. Tashika Griffith
Provost St. Petersburg College Downtown
- Effort mapping around the Grow Smarter target industries
- Convene groups to address identified gaps from a practice standpoint (i.e., racial gaps in high school graduation rates)
- Map the cradle-to-career pipeline for each of the target industries identified in Grow Smarter
Entrepreneurial Growth
Chair: Jessica Eilerman
Greenhouse Manager and Small Business Liaison, Mayor’s Office
Vice Chair: Dr. Cynthia Johnson
Director Florida Small Business Development Center, PCED
- Mapping the entrepreneurial ecosystem of St. Petersburg
- Develop agreed upon measurement of entrepreneurial activity
- Benchmarking with other cities for 2020
Culture + Community
Chair: John Collins
Executive Director St. Petersburg Arts Alliance
Vice Chair: Pastor Meiko Seymour
Executive Pastor Pinellas Community Church
- Showcasing diverse local grassroots efforts that are unique to the cultural and community fabric of St. Petersburg
- Continue the development and promotion of world-class recreation amenities and unique events and attractions that also raise the awareness of St. Petersburg’s destination appeal
- Develop and promote amenities-in-community as a strategy that embeds arts and culture into projects and programs city-wide
Districts + Corridor Development
Chair: Alison Barlow
Executive Director St. Petersburg Innovation District
Vice Chair: Jason Mathis
CEO St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership
- Extend St. Petersburg’s downtown successes to other parts of the city
- Consider innovative transit-related initiatives to link other areas with downtown
- Encourage participation in the city’s review/debate about zoning in coastal high hazard areas4. Complete unified map and alignment of key events of all Districts and Corridors from 2018
Targeted Job Creation
Chair: J.P. DuBuque
President, St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corporation
Vice Chair: Michael Jalazo
Executive Director Pinellas Ex-offender Re-entry Coalition
- Update and communicate target industries
- Create a formalized business retention/expansion strategy team
- Support the development of the workforce resource map and continued alignment of workforce development
Housing
Chair: Sean King
Director Of Community Relations at Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County
Vice Chair: Roy James
Owner, James Insurance Solutions
- Assess the overall housing needs of the city of St. Petersburg
- Effort mapping for housing efforts in the city
- Promotion of Accessory Dwelling Units within St. Petersburg4. Zoning overlay education