Protect St. Pete Beach Advocacy Group
ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. - A major country music festival is stirring debate on St. Pete Beach, weeks before the first guitar is even strummed.
Country Thunder, a three-day concert set for May 8–10 at the TradeWinds Resort, is drawing big-name artists and big concerns.
City leaders and residents are now weighing whether the event should move forward during a sensitive time for wildlife, including nesting sea turtles and shorebirds. Read full story here
Our Mission
The organization was formed by St. Pete Beach residents who are concerned about overdevelopment and the negative impacts of increasing development density above sustainable levels: traffic, impact on beaches and environment, and quality of resident lives.
We want to ensure development projects on St Pete Beach’s infrastructure are improvements that beautify our community for the mutual benefit of residents and visitors alike, without increasing traffic, congestion, demands on infrastructure, or threatening wildlife and natural resources.
Protect
our environment
Renourish
our beaches
Control
traffic and density
Attract
high-quality development that improves our community
