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...
Cleanup and recovery efforts have begun in the Tampa Bay area after Hurricane Helene made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm, causing widespread damage and flooding across Florida’s coast. Hurricane...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has deployed 13 wave sensors along Florida’s Gulf Coast between Venice and Panama City in preparation for Hurricane Helene, to gather...
The Gulf Coast region is on high alert as Hurricane Helene barrels toward the shoreline. Emergency management officials and meteorologists are urging residents to take immediate...
Thursday’s Baycare Sound concert with Melissa Etheridge and Jewel was officially canceled just before noon Wednesday. With Hurricane Helene threatening heavy rains, strong winds and storm...
In August 2023, Hurricane Idalia’s roughly four-foot storm surge inundated the Pinellas County peninsula. Local officials expect significantly worse conditions Thursday. County Commissioners held an emergency...
Pinellas County property owners will see their tax rate decrease for the third time in four years, despite officials increasing public safety and infrastructure funding. County...
A local credit union is launching a new mobile branch aimed at providing financial services to residents in hard-to-reach communities. Achieva Credit Union has retrofitted a...
Part 2 of 2. On the last Thursday afternoon in May, the J.W. Cate Recreation Center in St. Petersburg played host to several hundred residents, who...
Welcome to the Catalyst’s Community Voices platform. We’ve curated community leaders and thinkers from all parts of our great city to speak on issues that affect...