St. Pete development firm goes full force with B Corp movement

Socially responsible developer, a B Corp pioneer in Florida, breaks ground on another townhome project.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. January 3, 2020
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A rendering of The Royal, a new townhome development in St. Petersburg scheduled for completion in mid-2021. Courtesy photo.
A rendering of The Royal, a new townhome development in St. Petersburg scheduled for completion in mid-2021. Courtesy photo.
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The B Corp movement is a global effort to encourage for-profit businesses to balance purpose and profit, and no one in the Tampa Bay area has taken up the cause quite like Jared Meyers and his firm, St. Petersburg-based Salt Palm Development.

Salt Palm Development founder Jared Meyers, left, with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman at the Dec. 12 groundbreaking for The Royal townhome building. Courtesy photo.
Salt Palm Development founder Jared Meyers, left, with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman at the Dec. 12 groundbreaking for The Royal townhome building. Courtesy photo.

 

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