St. Petersburg City Council members will hear a report next week on a project meant to bring the St. Pete Science Center back online, providing educational programming for kids across the city.

The Science Center, shuttered in 2014, is located on the west side of the city at 7701 22nd Ave. North. The city of St. Pete currently owns the facility but has been considering selling it to St. Pete for STEAM, a group working to reactivate the Center.

Now, however, St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch is considering keeping the site under city ownership to facilitate future water storage to add capacity for the city’s water and stormwater resources. That consideration makes next Thursday’s meeting a critical next step in reactivating the long-shuttered educational facility.

Sources expect the project

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