St. Pete Chamber presents: Coronavirus Impact Insights. Ep 51 5-22-20
Episode 3643, May 23, 2020, 03:11 PM
St. Pete Chamber presents: Coronavirus Impact Insights. Ep 51 5-22-20
On this episode, Bill Carlson, Tampa City Council Member and president of Tucker/Hall joins Chris Steinocher, CEO of the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Joe Hamilton, publisher of the St. Pete Catalyst.
But first, as usual, Steinocher takes listeners through the Florida Chamber Scorecard for Pinellas County. He says the outlook is optimistic, as the percent of positive tests cases hovers at less than 2 percent, despite the 14-day average of positive cases continuing to increase. “But we’re not out of the woods yet,” Steinocher says.
The positive cases now sit at 20.6 per day, just short of Pinellas County’s peak of 25 positive cases per day in April, though testing has widely expanded since then.
Carlson, who joined Tucker/Hall in the 1990s, was one of the early promoters of downtown St. Petersburg. Carlson helped build a communication strategy around St. Pete arts and culture back when the city was considered something of a ghost town.