Rowdy return: Leader comes back with a plan

Bill Edwards endured a health scare that forced him to take a step back from his businesses and beloved soccer team. Now he’s back, and ready to continue to reshape downtown St. Petersburg.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 8, 2018
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Mark Wemple. Bill Edwards owns the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Mark Wemple. Bill Edwards owns the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
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St. Petersburg real estate impresario and entertainment businessman Bill Edwards acknowledges it was unusual for him to be out of the public eye for much of 2017 and into the early months of 2018.

 

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