“The city's never done anything of this scope,” said Welch, the city's first Black mayor with family ties to the old neighborhood.
City council vote could enable a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark -- and the old site's transformation
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Mayor Welch, however, said he and the project supporters are determined to see it through and that it has a real chance to transform the city, which has already changed dramatically from a sleepy retirement haven to a beacon for younger residents with a hip downtown not far from Gulf of Mexico beaches.
Future of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project
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