Is Pinellas County’s tax exemption program enough?

A week after St. Petersburg City Councilmembers announced their desire to reinstate tax exemptions for companies to remain regionally competitive, Pinellas County Commissioners discussed the effectiveness of their program.

During Thursday’s work session, Cynthia Johnson, economic development manager, relayed that since its adoption in December 2014, 13 projects and 11 companies have utilized the ad valorem tax exemption (AVTE) program. Six have active projects, one has entered the tax abatement phase and seven businesses failed to make it through the application stage.

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Waveney Ann Moore: Bridging the digital divide

It’s easy to take computers and internet access for granted, but for many, these essentials of the 21st century are inaccessible.

Digital Inclusion St. Pete is working to bridge that divide. The goal of the collaborative of volunteers is to make online resources, together with the skills necessary to use and benefit from them, available to all.

Neil Simon’s ‘Rose & Walsh’ opens tonight at freeFall

In this Catalyst video interview, actors Stephanie Dunnam and Patrick Ryan Sullivan discussed their star turns in Neil Simon’s Rose & Walsh, opening tonight at freeFall Theatre.