Skip to content
  • Blog
  • Calendar
  • Document Portal
  • Quick Links
Top Menu
Twitter page opens in new windowFacebook page opens in new windowInstagram page opens in new windowLinkedin page opens in new windowYouTube page opens in new window
Forward Pinellas
Pinellas County Planning Organization
Forward PinellasForward Pinellas
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Our Partners
    • Our Staff
    • Helping Pinellas Move Forward
    • In the News
  • Board & Commitees
    • Our Board
    • Our Committees
    • Event Calendar
  • Our Focus
    • Advantage Pinellas Participation Challenge
    • Advantage Pinellas Home
    • SPOTlight
    • Countywide Plan
    • Safe Streets
    • Pinellas Trails Map
    • Knowledge Exchange Series
    • Regional Transportation
  • What We Do
    • Plans
    • Programs
    • Projects
    • Priorities
  • Get Involved
    • Get Involved with Forward Pinellas
    • How to Attend a Meeting
    • How to Apply to a Committee
    • Blog
    • News Releases
  • Contact








  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Our Partners
    • Our Staff
    • Helping Pinellas Move Forward
    • In the News
  • Board & Commitees
    • Our Board
    • Our Committees
    • Event Calendar
  • Our Focus
    • Advantage Pinellas Participation Challenge
    • Advantage Pinellas Home
    • SPOTlight
    • Countywide Plan
    • Safe Streets
    • Pinellas Trails Map
    • Knowledge Exchange Series
    • Regional Transportation
  • What We Do
    • Plans
    • Programs
    • Projects
    • Priorities
  • Get Involved
    • Get Involved with Forward Pinellas
    • How to Attend a Meeting
    • How to Apply to a Committee
    • Blog
    • News Releases
  • Contact

Blog

You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Category "Blog"

Sidewalk built over I-64 to connect a residential neighborhood with jobs and services.

Lessons learned from St. Louis

Blog, Director's BlogBy Whit BlantonApril 19, 2017Leave a comment

While building transportation projects is a contentious process in Tampa Bay, we are not alone in struggling to engage the community and get projects done. I wrote in my previous…

Building community by learning from others

Blog, Director's BlogBy Whit BlantonApril 11, 2017Leave a comment

One of the first lessons I learned as a consultant many years ago is that every community has its own public decision-making process. What flies by with no commentary in…

Forward Pinellas approves up to $1.1 million for local complete streets projects

Blog, Complete StreetsBy Forward PinellasMarch 9, 20172 Comments

Pinellas County’s land use and transportation planning agency will be funding three local projects that make streets safer for all users. The Forward Pinellas board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve…

Planning for Breweries: Encouraging Redevelopment & Economic Development

Blog, Knowledge exchange seriesBy Brett BurksMarch 7, 2017Leave a comment

  There is something brewing in Pinellas County. Residents may have noticed the recent rise in the number of breweries, microbreweries, and brew-pubs, and it’s not just a “hop-tical” illusion.…

Forward Pinellas Request for Proposals (RFP) for Audit Services

NewsBy Sarah CaperFebruary 8, 20172 Comments

UPDATE 3/1/2017 11:30 am: The RFP selection committee meeting will be held on March 8, 2017, at 9 am at 310 Court Street, 2nd Floor, Clearwater, Florida 33756. UPDATE 2/17/2017…

Dangerous By Design Hits Home

Blog, Director's BlogBy Whit BlantonFebruary 7, 2017Leave a comment

It was probably not how Andy Holcombe wanted to start his first day of an internship with the Philadelphia Phillies. Nor was it my intent to spend part of the…

Creating a Safer Pinellas County

Blog, Director's BlogBy Whit BlantonJanuary 10, 2017Leave a comment

Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design report released today ranks the Tampa Bay area as the seventh most dangerous metro area in the country for people walking. Despite that dubious…

Forward Pinellas to begin 2017 with new board leadership, four new members

Blog, NewsBy Forward PinellasDecember 20, 2016Leave a comment

Forward Pinellas has new board leadership and several new members going into 2017. By a unanimous vote of the Forward Pinellas Board, County Commissioner John Morroni will be serving as…

Tampa Conference Reveals Many Sides of Hunger Problem

Blog, Food InsecurityBy Al BartolottaNovember 8, 20161 Comment

According to Feeding America, more than 48 million people in the U.S. are not sure where their next meal is coming from. In Pinellas County, Feeding America identifies 16 percent…

City of Seminole Recreation Center creates arts program for the digital age

Blog, Planning for the futureBy Linda FisherOctober 31, 2016Leave a comment

It’s Saturday morning, and Michael Lyman is teaching a class on creating graphic novels. He gestures at a screen filled with giant comic-book panels, pointing to one showing soldiers marching…

Trail at Courtney Campbell

Pinellas County receives $7.1 million in state funding for trail projects

Blog, Parks and TrailsBy Forward PinellasOctober 12, 20163 Comments

Two major projects connecting and completing Pinellas County trails have received $7.1 million in funding as part of $44.4 million awarded on Tuesday through the Florida Department of Transportation’s SUN…

Bay Pines Boulevard Presents Challenges for Upcoming Corridor Study

Blog, Corridor ProfilesBy Al BartolottaOctober 11, 20162 Comments

If you ask Joseph Powell, traveling Bay Pines Boulevard can be a perilous endeavor. “I saw four car accidents in three days here last week,” he said. A regular visitor…

←1
234567
…8910111213→
Recent Comments
  • Dana Santos, Forward Pinellas on The Traffic Counts Are In
  • Maria Dellis on The Traffic Counts Are In
  • Nayan on 2023 Pinellas Trail User Survey Results
  • Casavez Mose on Advantage Alt 19: Investing in People and Places
  • Van Wigman on Advantage Alt 19: Investing in People and Places
Categories
  • Blog (152)
    • Bicycle Friendly Community (16)
    • Complete Streets (14)
    • Corridor Profiles (4)
    • Cultural Corridor (1)
    • Director's Blog (27)
    • Enhancing Beach Access (7)
    • Food Insecurity (2)
    • Gateway/Mid-County area (5)
    • Grant Programs (2)
    • Guest Blog (1)
    • How We Develop (12)
    • Knowledge exchange series (5)
    • Long Range Transportation Plan (7)
    • News (22)
    • Parks and Trails (12)
    • Pinellas (43)
    • Planning for the future (39)
    • Priorities (14)
    • Regional Transportation (14)
    • Safety (21)
    • Technology (4)
    • Transportation Improvement Program (4)
    • US 19 Corridor (1)
  • Economic Development (4)
  • Equity (4)
  • Food Insecurity (4)
  • Public Hearing (5)
  • Public Notice (12)
  • Public Outreach (5)
  • Safe Streets – Vision Zero (5)
  • Transportation Disadvantaged (6)
Archives
News Releases
Downtown St. Pete Mobility Study Online Listening Session

2020-11-30 09:21



Forward Pinellas Creates Virtual “Comment Board”

2020-12-10 05:26



Forward Pinellas Wants to Know How We’re Doing

2020-12-16 06:13



Forward Pinellas Board Awards More Than $1M

2021-02-12 07:35



Forward Pinellas Debuts New, User-Friendly Website

2021-02-16 05:40



Forward Pinellas Hosts Virtual “Bike Your Own City”

2021-02-23 01:46



Forward Pinellas Board Recognizes March 2021 as Florida Bike Month

2021-03-10 06:34



Forward Pinellas Board Adopts Safe Streets Pinellas Action Plan

2021-03-15 04:54



Forward Pinellas Named 2020 Planning Organization of the Year

2021-04-14 01:45



Contact Us
Forward Pinellas
310 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756
P: 727.464.8250 | F: 727.464.8212
info@forwardpinellas.org

Subscribe to our Newsletter and Blog

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Find us on:

Facebook page opens in new windowTwitter page opens in new windowYouTube page opens in new windowLinkedin page opens in new windowInstagram page opens in new window
Quick Links
  • – Agendas & Minutes
  • – Countywide Plan
  • – Countywide Plan Map [external]
  • – Long Range Transportation Plan
  • – Active Transportation Plan
  • – Transportation Priority Lists
  • – Transportation Improvement Plan
  • – Transportation Improvement Plan Map [external]
  • – Unified Planning Work Program
  • – Pinellas Trails Map
Twitter
Tweets by ForwardPinellas
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved. Forward Pinellas.
  • Sitemap
  • Liability Disclaimer & User Agreement
  • Legal
Bottom menu
Go to Top
Join the Advantage Pinellas Participation Challenge!
Help shape the future of transportation in Pinellas County and be entered to win prizes.
LEARN MORE
close-image