'Tis the Season: Scenes from the St. Pete Beach Holiday Parade

Hazy clouds didn't dampen anyone's spirits in St. Pete Beach today as the city celebrated the Season with its 2010 Holiday Parade.  Here are a few pics from today's festivities:

Upham Beach Geotube Repair Project has Begun!

Upham beach is once again humming with the sound of tractors and backhoes.  Now that the Upham beach renourishment project is completed, workers have now begun working on repairing the damage to the two northernmost Getotube T-Groins on Upham Beach.  I'll post more photos as the work progresses.

2010 Upham Beach Renourishmment Project is Complete!

After a brief, restful hiatus from the blog, I'm back....and very pleased to report that the 2010 Upham Beach Renourishment Project is complete!  Many, many thanks to the Pinellas County Board of Commissioners (especially our own Commissioner John Morroni) for their unanimous approval of the county's share of the funding for this very important project.  Thanks also to St. Pete Beach's Mayor Mike Finnerty and St. Pete Beach's Commissioners Jim Parent, Al Halpern, Bev Garnett and former commissioners Chris Leonard, Harry Metz and Linda Chaney for their support of the project on the local level.  Special thanks as well to former Pinellas County Coastal Coordinator Dr. Nicole Elko and current Pinellas County Assistant Director Andy Squires for their critical expertise and assistance in facilitating this project and all of the County's beach preservation projects!

Here is a brief visual chronology of the Project from beginning to end: