Memorandum regarding selection committee meeting and ranking (published July 12, 2019) Memorandum regarding selection committee meeting (published June 24, 2019) Forward Pinellas is requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide professional accounting services in support of Forward Pinellas accounting support. The entire procurement package, including a full scope of services, is available on the Forward…
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More than 100,000 people traverse the Pinellas Trail every month to bike, walk, or access nearby destinations. With a new survey, we hope to gain more information about how and why they use the trail. The Forward Pinellas team is working with our partners at Pinellas County, the City of St. Petersburg and the Bicycle…
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Every day throughout Pinellas County, our residents and visitors look to walk and bike to a variety of destinations safely and efficiently. Whether your destinations include some of our most notable beaches or parks, one of our various employers, or one of our vibrant downtowns, chances are you can think of a few ways your…
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Whether it’s analyzing the economic impact of microbreweries, encouraging urban agriculture, or creating a cultural corridor along Alternate U.S. 19, Forward Pinellas undertakes a variety of projects in order to meet the diverse planning needs of our communities countywide. As part of our interlocal agreements with local governments throughout Pinellas County, we as an agency…
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With a million-dollar investment made possible by a partnership of local governments, FDOT, and Forward Pinellas, the Gateway Master Plan project is entering its final phases as it seeks to build on the strengths of the area that already serves as an economic engine for the county. A website dedicated to the effort, gatewaymasterplan.org, is…
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Understanding the transportation challenges that other communities have faced and how they have overcome them is essential to developing any project or plan for our region. With that in mind, on November 7, 2018, Forward Pinellas and Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) representatives and staff set out on a peer exchange trip to Indianapolis, Indiana.…
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Four Pinellas County communities have asked that their projects be considered for funding in the third year of Forward Pinellas’s Complete Streets program. Created in 2016, the Complete Streets program provides funding for the development of concept plans and for constructing transportation projects that make roadways safer and more accessible for all users. In response…
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Pinellas is only the fifth county in Florida to receive the designation. Today, Pinellas County joins 464 visionary communities from across the country with a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community award from the League of American Bicyclists. “The Bicycle Friendly Community award is an exciting recognition of the many opportunities that Pinellas offers bicyclists, from…
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From prioritizing funding for expanded sidewalks in an underserved area of south St. Petersburg to helping Clearwater residents envision the Drew Street that best meets their needs, Forward Pinellas’s Complete Streets program has enabled the creation of corridors that reflect whole communities. When Forward Pinellas created a Complete Streets program in 2016, we had a…
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Schedule updated on September 20, 2018. Forward Pinellas is seeking support for the development and maintenance of a database to collect roadway traffic county data and calculate annual level of service grades on monitored roadways. The entire procurement package, including a full scope of services, is available here. Addendum No. 1 (posted August 22, 2018)…
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To understand why our communities look the way they do, simply look at how we invest in transportation projects. The first communities in Pinellas County developed around railroad stations, resulting in the dense, compact development that still exists today in the downtown areas of Safety Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Dunedin, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. All that…
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How do you think we should solve the transportation and land development issues of today and tomorrow? Forward Pinellas is partnering with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority to launch Advantage Pinellas – a strategic plan to improve mobility and economic opportunity countywide – and we need your feedback. Advantage Pinellas is Forward Pinellas’s new Long…
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