Bruce Rector

Proud to be representing our beautiful city this week as a member of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Class of 2026 & learning, sharing and developing with mayors from across the United States and from 18 countries. #ClearwaterShines #WorldsBestCities #leadership

We had a great time welcoming the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County Summer Book Bus Tour to Clearwater Neighborhood Family Center. The Book Bus is making the rounds to dozens of Pinellas neighborhoods and giving away 5,000 new books to kids. #OurYouthOurFuture #reading

Great meeting with Nakia Kelley last week and hearing about growth plans for the Clearwater-based nonprofit Good Neighbors Florida. Good Neighbors provided 3.25 million meals in 2024 including over 20,000 individuals fed every month in Pinellas County alone. #ClearwaterCares

That’s a wrap. We recorded a great 4th of July spot yesterday promoting Clearwater and Pinellas County tourism that will air this week on the Radio Group’s 15 radio stations in Germany. #ClearwaterShines #visitstpeteclearwater #InternationalDestination #Germany

Thank you Garden of Grace Ministries for hosting Clearwater Police, Fire and Rescue and Pinellas County Sheriff's Office personnel for a great First Responders Appreciation Breakfast yesterday. Your support and prayers for these grest men and women mean a lot! #FirstResponders

Great seeing our officers being pinned with a new badge by a loved one at the @myclearwaterPD Promotion Ceremony today. Congratulations to Maj. Michael Hasty, Lt. Nikole Kasparek, Sgt. Matthew Richmond, Sgt. Joseph May and Sgt. Ashley Hinkebein on their promotions. #BacktheBlue

Ooff to a great start this week with @T_Rector12 in Japan. Exploring and dinner in Kawasaki, traveling through Tokyo Central Station and receiving a warm welcome in Clearwater’s sister city Nagano. #ClearwaterShines #International #GlobalTampaBay #USJapan

We had a lot of fun today at the Grand Opening of Launch Clearwater at Countryside Mall. Awesome turnout of families for the ribbon cut and day long event including one very patriotic young man who saluted me and thanked me for my service. #FamilyFun #SmallBusiness #❤️Clearwater

Thank you Clearwater Neighborhood Family Center for organizing the 8th Annual Rising Above Experience @St. Petersburg College this week. This awesome 2 day program focuses on wellness and STEM education for Clearwater’s youth. #ClearwaterShines #OurYouthOurFuture #wellness #STEM

Awesome seeing Clearwater, Tampa Bay and Florida seated front and center this morning at the final day of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Class of 2026 at Bloomberg headquarters in New York City. #cities #leadership #learning #bestpractices

Watch NBC Sports today at 3PM ET for the Purina Pro Plan #IncredibleDogChallenge Eastern Regionals held in Clearwater. You’ll see some amazing dogs competing in our beautiful waterfront Coachman Park and lots of Tampa Bay dog lovers cheering them on. #ClearwaterShines #welovedogs

Another great Clearwater Celebrates America event tonight. Fantastic job by our Clearwater Parks & Recreation in timing the fireworks display to beat the rain and get everyone out safely. #happy4thofjuly #America #clearwatershines

In Clearwater, we celebrate our great country and our independence today. Happy Fourth of July to you and your family and may God Bless America. #happy4thofjuly #ClearwaterShines #GodBlessTheUSA

Awesome time visiting with @USFFootball OL Michael Lofton and WR Jaden Alexis. These two impressive young leaders are great representatives of the @USouthFlorida and a reminder of what an incredible asset USF is to Clearwater and all of Tampa Bay in many ways. #GoBulls #HornsUp

We had really great time welcoming @FoxNews personalities Sean Hannity, Jimmy Failla and Ainsley Earhardt to Clearwater for the debut event of the Punchlines and Patriots Tour on Saturday. The Clearwater show will be aired at a later on @FoxNation.

It was my great pleasure to attend the unveiling of the new Bilheimer Capitol Theatre Marquee on Tuesday and to thank Nancy and David Bilheimer for their gift to arts education in our community and years of generous support to the arts in Tampa Bay. #ArtsEducation #Generosity

Thank you to the Marymont Park community for your patience. 4,792 cubic yards of storm debris were temporarily staged at the park which was critical to our city’s hurricane recovery. It is great to see us now revitalizing it and residents coming out to share their thoughts on it.

Honored to present this morning to the 2025 Workforce Technology Conference with workforce thought leaders, educators, agency personnel, frontline staff from across the country. Thank you @geosolutionsinc for holding this important annual meeting in Clearwater.

I would say we’re having a pretty good run here recently. Congratulations to Tampa Bay’s best outdoor music venue, and one of the most successful amphitheaters in the world, on the recent Pollstar mid-year rankings. @TheBayCareSound #ClearwaterShines #LiveMusic #ArtsandCulture

Thank you President Trumps for making a difficult but necessary decision to eliminate the risk of a terrorist nuclear threat to the free world.