Development group shares lessons learned from Gas Plant loss

Hard work has proven to be its own reward for members of Sugar Hill Community Partners, the group that narrowly missed out on the chance to redevelop St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field site.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 5:00 a.m. February 21, 2023
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A rendering of Sugar Hill Community Partners' proposal for the Tropicana Field site in St. Petersburg.
A rendering of Sugar Hill Community Partners' proposal for the Tropicana Field site in St. Petersburg.
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According to Will Ferrell titular character in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “If you ain't first, you’re last.”

Denise Young, however, disagrees. 

 

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