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St. Pete City Council Supports Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida

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The St. Petersburg City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to let state lawmakers know they support Visit Florida and Enterprise Florida.

The agencies work to promote tourism and business in Florida.

Mayor Rick Kriseman spoke in favor of both Visit Florida and Enterprise Florida.

"Tourism is such a large part of our economic development in the state of Florida,” he said. “To not have an organization that actively promotes our state is to put us at a significant disadvantage, equally so with Enterprise Florida.”

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran wants to do away with those agencies, which he calls "government waste."

Morgan Blauth is a WUSF News intern for spring 2017. She is a senior at USF majoring in Mass Communications with a concentration in public relations and a minor in English. She writes for a variety of organizations, including The Oracle, Her Campus and the USF Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) blog.
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