St. Pete Chamber presents: Coronavirus Impact Insights. 7-3-20

On this episode, Kristin Brett, the City of St. Petersburg’s Director of Pier Comunications and Marketing, joins Chris Steinocher, president and CEO of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, and Joe Hamilton, publisher of the St. Pete Catalyst, to talk about the new St. Pete Pier and its official opening Monday (July 6).

Brett joined the pier team in 2014. “I was brought in mainly for the design competition,” she says. “But things just kept rolling along – and here I am.”

Six years have passed, and the $92 million structure’s grand unveiling is taking place in the middle of a global health crisis. “We’re opening in quite a different world than we thought we’d be opening in, that’s for sure,” she adds.

COVID-19 precautions have affected the way the pier will debut, as free tickets are required to attend Monday’s 5 p.m. opening, and each day of opening week. They’re available, in limited numbers, at stpetepier.org. The City, Brett says, is “playing by ear, to see what happens.”   #stpetecatalyst #stpete #florida #sunshineshere #pierpark