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Visit St. Pete Clearwater reports $26M in community grants, unveils visitor welcome center pilot
Summary
The organization said it distributed over $26 million in CDC dollars across five projects, updated capital funding guidelines for 2026, and announced a countywide visitor welcome center pilot at a Courtney Campbell Causeway gateway to launch in spring 2026.
Kylie Diaz, vice president of community engagement, told the Tourist Development Council that community engagement programming returned more than $26,000,000 to five local projects from CDC funds and that staff streamlined capital project funding guidelines to increase transparency, prioritization and ROI for the 2026 cycle.
Diaz announced a visitor welcome center pilot to be…
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