Every Pinellas County ZIP code has at least one confirmed case of Covid-19.
The St. Pete Catalyst has launched an interactive map, based on the latest data from the Florida Department of Health, so readers can see how the pandemic is impacting their neighborhoods. We’ll update it frequently as new numbers come in.
State Sen. Darryl Rouson is calling on Florida health officials to provide increased access to Covid-19 tests in Midtown St. Petersburg and in East Tampa.
Both areas are home to a significant number of African Americans and other minorities. There are national concerns that communities with people of color have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
ICYMI, here are some of the best quotes from this week’s news stories about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and efforts to control it in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.
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Artist Carrie Jadus was our guest Friday on The Catalyst Sessions, and the discussion was wide-ranging, from her earliest days in Tampa, to her education in St. Petersburg and her devotion to the city and its arts community, to her decision – at age 30 – to jettison her career as an electrical engineer in favor of her true passion, painting. And she never looked back.
Jadus paints St. Petersburg cityscapes, commissioned portraits, murals and posters. She works with pastels, oils, charcoal and other media to create images that romantically and dramatically visualize the beauty of the city, nature, the human form and other subjects.
With a combined 36 years of experience in a large organizations and 25 years of study in organizational systematics, chaos, complexity, and much more, Knowles is known for his community and organization-centered problem solving strategies.
Today, the City of St. Petersburg announced that the Vinik Family Foundation donated $100,000 to its small business emergency grant, the Fighting Chance Fund.