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My Mayor 2026 – Episode 2
Welcome back to season 2 of My Mayor, the Catalyst series that helps you get to know the person behind the policy. We sat down with each candidate and asked them each the same five questions, with a few follow up questions sprinkled in. For Episode 2, we asked: What’s something…
St. Petersburg Catholic High School charts $64 million campus expansion
St. Petersburg Catholic High School is preparing for the largest campus expansion in its nearly 70-year history. On Wednesday, the St. Petersburg Development Review Commission approved a long-term master plan that will add new academic, athletic, and administrative buildings…
Kahwa Coffee opens Palm Harbor location
The new store, at 32700 US Hwy 19 N., opened its doors last month.
Arts Alive! podcast: LAB Theater’s Owen Robertson
Playwright Wendy Graf’s The Cross and the Saber is a sobering drama set in the not-too-distant future. The play, now through July 19 at LAB Theater Project in Ybor City, gives us an America ruled by a totalitarian government that does not tolerate dissent of any kind. That’s a…
Places This Week: 1941 Belleair estate lists for $6.5 million
The Catalyst’s weekly roundup of notable Pinellas County real estate news.
K-9 facility faces new questions as Commerce Park proposals seek land
“A great deal of effort and time goes into training the dogs."
Welch selects Gas Plant developers; Council holds the golden shovel
"When these folks move in, we are restarting a neighborhood.”
Intelligence Ventures to launch accelerator program
The initiative, which will begin its first cohort in September, is a 10-week program.
Major Pinellas affordable housing initiative enters next phase
Construction on Grand Oaks is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2028
Mayor Welch selects team to redevelop Historic Gas Plant District in downtown St. Pete
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has selected The Burg Bid team, led by St. Pete-based Blake Investment Partners, to redevelop the Historic Gas Plant District. The proposal envisions an estimated $8.1 billion mixed-use redevelopment featuring more than 3,600 affordable and…
Weekend spotlight: May the Fourth be with you
The Catalyst’s every-Thursday guide to Tampa Bay entertainment and the arts.
Heart + Paw veterinary clinic opens first Florida location in restored historic St. Pete home
A historic home along Central Avenue has found a new purpose as the first Florida location for veterinary care provider Heart + Paw. Heart + Paw is now open at 6366 Central Avenue inside the restored 1925 Strum House, the preserved centerpiece of Strum Place, a nine-unit luxury…