Imagine a day when you jump in an electronic, autonomous air taxi in St. Pete and head to Tampa International Airport or even to Orlando.
The Innovation District master planning project has begun!
Kudos to the Volunteers of America Florida, City of St. Petersburg, and Pinellas County for the recent opening of the new downtown apartments, located in the Innovation District called Innovare. Innovare’s 50 apartments provide stable homes for individuals and families who earn 60 percent or less of the Area’s Median Income (AMI), including many who are transitioning from homelessness.
For general comments about programming, geography not in the study area and more, please send a message. Please note while we will review all comments, due to the volume, we may not be able to respond to all.
To make comments on the project plan, please visit Kimley-Horn.
The earliest discussions of the St. Petersburg Innovation District highlighted potential opportunities from the alignment of research in the fields of ocean health and human health. The convergence of these “warm, salty, wet” environments are particularly relevant and potentially provide insightful lessons for our coastal community.
The physical proximity of the marine science-related organizations only blocks away from both Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Bayfront Health St. Petersburg makes the Innovation District uniquely oriented for these collaborations. The Ocean and Human Health Working Group was formed in 2019 to formalize the exploration of this effort.
In 2022, this effort was expanded and is now called the Healthcare Innovation Working Group. Their efforts include joint research, as well as healthcare innovation in shared amenities, entrepreneurship incubation, and the education pipeline.
