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“I know that all of you want to earn money and not only work, right?” asked Jonathan Rodriguez, a cooperative business developer, to a crowd of...
Bob Andelman will never forget that Friday in 2012 when his phone rang at 7 a.m. It was the director of communications for Wawa, the Philadelphia-based...
This is my first book review for The Catalyst, and it should be taken with not just a grain, but a shaker of salt. It begins...
Part two in a series. In their own words, the team at the Open Partnership Education Network (OPEN) gives the elevator pitch to a complex subject:...
Leaders of six area cross-sector organizations convened for a press conference Wednesday morning – National HIV Testing Day – to announce Zero Pinellas, a transformative partnership...
St. Petersburg is participating in Mars Petcare’s Better Cities for Pets movement to make St. Petersburg an even happier, healthier and more welcoming place for pets....
Athletes, says Dr. Harold Shinitzky, Psy. D., are often their own worst enemies – stress and anxiety affect performance. And, of course, the prospect of performance...
The Fourth of July is known as the day of patriotic pomp and circumstance, the celebration of American independence and freedom – but not everyone in the United...
It’s been 14 years since Bob Devin Jones and David Ellis co-founded The Studio@620 as a place for St. Petersburg’s creativity and curiosity to meet and...
After 36 years downtown, the St. Petersburg law firm Abbey Adams is relocating across the city to the Skyway Marina District. The move, taking effect June...