Hines and the Rays engage Gas Plant, Laurel Park residents and descendants on Trop redevelopment
Hines and the Rays is working hard to engage the community, making residents and…
Delores Jackson: Mother, sister, community activist, and Laurel Park hero
The Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion is scheduled this Sunday, Dec. 12, from noon until 3…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion: Making it happen
The Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods were filled with homes, churches, businesses,…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion, part 2
Although living conditions in the complex had deteriorated by the time the city broke…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion aims to honor past residents
Former residents of the Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods and their descendants…
Sugar Hill Community Partners plans a memorial park for three lost cemeteries at the Historic Gas Plant site
Stantec, a design, engineering and architecture firm, determined that some graves of…
Growing up in the Gas Plant
November’s Community Conversations titled ‘Our Stories Matter: Memories of the Gas…
African American Heritage Association president plays integral role in Tropicana redevelopment
Brian Auld, one of the Tampa Bay Rays’ presidents, personally contacted Gwendolyn…
Rays announce historic development and partnership
The Tampa Bay Rays officially announced Tuesday that a historic agreement has been…
Community Conversations delved into the harm of cultural gentrification
July’s installment of Community Conversations discussed cultural gentrification with…
Heritage Association initiates yearlong membership drive with event
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association, along with Vice…
Housing Authority applauds the Sugar Hill Community Partners’ concept
BY MICHAEL LUNDY, St. Petersburg Housing Authority The redevelopment of the 86-acre…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Wanda Stuart
Wanda Stuart shares her childhood antics of living by Laurel Park. BY FRANK DROUZAS,…
Memories provided by William Walker
William Walker (right) talked about his pioneering family and the meager amount his…
Open letter to Mayor Welch
Pictured above, Black pastors announced their endorsement of the Sugar Hill Community…
Memories provided by George Stovall
George Stovall recalls delivering ice to residents and businesses as a youngster in the…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Jet Jackson
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The African American Burial Ground…
Memories provided by Yashima Fuller, Brenda Hanes and Shirley Dee
Yashima Fuller, Brenda Hanes and Shirley Dee shared their childhood memories of the Gas…