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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…

  • January 5, 2023
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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…

  • December 9, 2021
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Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion: Making it happen

The Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods were filled with homes, churches, businesses,…

  • November 19, 2021
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Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion, part 2

Although living conditions in the complex had deteriorated by the time the city broke…

  • November 12, 2021
  • Author TWC
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Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion aims to honor past residents

Former residents of the Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods and their descendants…

  • October 28, 2021
  • Author TWC
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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…

  • January 16, 2023
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Growing up in the Gas Plant

November’s Community Conversations titled ‘Our Stories Matter: Memories of the Gas…

  • December 1, 2023
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African American Heritage Association president plays integral role in Tropicana redevelopment

Brian Auld, one of the Tampa Bay Rays’ presidents, personally contacted Gwendolyn…

  • September 22, 2023
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Rays announce historic development and partnership

The Tampa Bay Rays officially announced Tuesday that a historic agreement has been…

  • September 19, 2023
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Community Conversations delved into the harm of cultural gentrification

July’s installment of Community Conversations discussed cultural gentrification with…

  • August 26, 2023
  • Author TWC
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Heritage Association initiates yearlong membership drive with event

Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association, along with Vice…

  • March 25, 2023
  • Author TWC
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Housing Authority applauds the Sugar Hill Community Partners’ concept

BY MICHAEL LUNDY, St. Petersburg Housing Authority The redevelopment of the 86-acre…

  • January 26, 2023
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Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Wanda Stuart

Wanda Stuart shares her childhood antics of living by Laurel Park. BY FRANK DROUZAS,…

  • January 10, 2023
  • Author TWC
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Memories provided by William Walker

William Walker (right) talked about his pioneering family and the meager amount his…

  • January 10, 2023
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Open letter to Mayor Welch

Pictured above, Black pastors announced their endorsement of the Sugar Hill Community…

  • January 5, 2023
  • Author TWC
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Memories provided by George Stovall

George Stovall recalls delivering ice to residents and businesses as a youngster in the…

  • January 5, 2023
  • Author TWC
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Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Jet Jackson

BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The African American Burial Ground…

  • December 16, 2022
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Memories provided by Yashima Fuller, Brenda Hanes and Shirley Dee

Yashima Fuller, Brenda Hanes and Shirley Dee shared their childhood memories of the Gas…

  • December 16, 2022
  • Author TWC
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