Community wants to save ‘character’ of St. Pete Beach from demolition – Bay News 9

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — Officials in the city of St. Pete Beach have been trying to figure out whether to repair or demolish two public buildings in Pass-a-Grille that were flooded by Hurricane Helen: the shuffleboard clubhouse and Merry Pier bait shop.  What You Need To Know The shuffleboard clubhouse and Merry Pier bait shop in Pass-a-Grille were substantially damaged by Hurricane Helene Officials say the shuffleboard clubhouse will cost $176,000 to repair, and the Merry Pier bait shop will cost about $96,000 Community and city leaders said the buildings represent the character of St. Pete Beach  “We just want to save what we can of the old Pass-a-Grille,” said resident Alan Stalb, 87. “There’s just so little left.” Stalb is a member of the Pass-a-Grille Shuffleboard Club, which has been lobbying the city to save their clubhouse. The group showed up to a city commission meeting last week to make their case. “You cannot play shuffleboard unless you have a place to store equipment,” said resident Peter Coleman. “This is a city with very woefully few public structures … I think some efforts should be made in this case to try to bring this building back to life.”
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