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If you’re searching for a way to give back to your community, the Catalyst’s Impact Connector is here to help. Each week, we feature five organizations...
The City of St. Petersburg is partnering with St. Pete Free Clinic on a new program to bring healthier grocery options to areas with limited access...
The first public discussion between Mayor Ken Welch, Tampa Bay Rays representatives and city council members on their quest to redevelop Tropicana Field began on a...
While a new initiative that fosters South St. Petersburg small businesses found success – with 95% of the inaugural cohort completing the program – city officials...
Small and minority-owned businesses typically get a mere fraction of projects that more established companies dominate, but Pinellas County is adjusting its procurement solicitation process to...
The county’s Young-Rainey Star Center tech and manufacturing hub, built on the former site of the Pinellas Plant, will need a major facelift to support the...
A $3.2 million grant will help University of South Florida St. Petersburg researchers better forecast an annual sargassum bloom that has stumped scientists with its ever-increasing...
The St. Petersburg City Council will soon discuss the minutiae of plans to redevelop Tropicana Field and 86 acres of prime downtown real estate for the...
St. Pete Run Fest, the City of St. Petersburg’s official running event, is set to return to Albert Whitted Park Nov. 10-12. Co-founder Ryan Jordan says...
Transforming 33 miles of disused rail lines into multi-use urban trails has generated $10 billion in economic development along Atlanta’s BeltLine, among myriad other municipal benefits....