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Advisory board forwards revised capital-projects guidelines, adds 'beach park facilities' category
Summary
The advisory panel recommended that the Board of County Commissioners adopt revised capital-project funding guidelines that add a new 'beach park facilities' category, require 1:1 matches (except county-owned beach park facilities), a 'shovel-ready' requirement and minimum attendance/room-night thresholds. Staff removed the prior point-scoring system and will present the code amendment to the BCC.
Visit St. Pete Clearwater staff on Wednesday presented revisions to the 2026 capital-projects funding guidelines and asked the advisory panel to recommend a code amendment and updated guidelines to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners.
Kylie Diaz, vice president of community engagement for Visit St. Pete Clearwater, said staff propose a single funding pool per cycle, a 1:1 match requirement for applicants (except publicly owned Pinellas County facilities), a ‘shovel-ready’ requirement to ensure projects are ready for reimbursement agreements, and a simplified eligibility threshold requiring a minimum of 25,000 annual attendance and 10,000 room nights for typical…
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