St. Pete’s Downtown Partnership created the city’s Innovation District as a private/public partnership.
Located on Tampa Bay, the District is sits between 5th Avenue South and 22nd Avenue South and stretches west to Martin Luther King Jr. Street, the area was developed with the future in mind.
Home to a regional marine research hub, two hospitals, a university, a world-renowned media school, a business incubator and several other public and private research organizations, the district is truly a future-focused incubator. Thousands of doctors, scientists, researchers, educators, and entrepreneurs have made the District their professional home creating a dynamic and synergistic ecosystem for innovation.
But the District is just part of what makes St. Pete special. Here’s a look at why the world is taking notice of our forward-looking city.
#1 Best City for Millennial Job Seekers (NerdWallet, 2015)
#1 Fittest Metro in Florida and #27 in the United States (US News & World Report, 2015)
One of America’s Most Affordable Metros (Forbes, 2014)
#2 Best City to live in Florida (Destination Seeker, 2014)
#8 Best City for Hispanic Entrepreneurs (WalletHub, 2014)
#15 in the nation for Small Businesses and #6 for annual revenue (Biz2Credit, 2016)
One of the “Most Outstanding Places” (Forbes Travel Guide, 2014)
One of the 5 Best Summer Travel Destinations (Travel + Leisure, 2016)
One of the Best U.S. Cities to Spend a Weekend (The Thrillist, 2016)
#1 Town in America for Craft Lovers (American Craft Week, 2015)
#2 Most Beautiful City in the USA (The Culture Trip, 2015)
#33 for an Active Lifestyle (WalletHub, 2014)
Top 30 Rising Vacation Sites (Trip Advisor, 2015)
Top 52 Places to Visit in 2014 (New York Times, 2014)
Move over Miami: the Best of St. Pete (National Geographic, 2014)
(Source: St. Pete Innovation District)
In addition, St. Petersburg is home to five centers of higher education for approximately 110,000 students. These institutions include:
University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg College
Eckerd Liberal Arts College
Stetson Law College
Job Corps and Pinellas Technical College
Plus, Johns Hopkins Medicine and the State of Florida Institute of Oceanography are also in St. Pete. Johns Hopkins conducts pediatric medical education and clinical research to help provide world-class care in more than 50 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties. The Institute of Oceanography provides a central shared-use infrastructure to support the state’s ocean and marine science education and research programs.
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