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Chamber launches Tech Founders group to propel startups

2 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce has launched a collaborative committee to support established entrepreneurs and foster the next generation of innovators. The Tech Founders Committee’s overarching goal is to ensure tech companies can start, grow and thrive in St. Petersburg. Area experts will oversee four key pillars: Funding access, advisory and mentorship, partnership and collaboration and talent and education.
Why Dynasty Financial will move to St. Pete’s tallest tower

3 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

Wealth management firm Dynasty Financial Partners will double the size of its current national headquarters by leasing the entirety of the Residences at 400 Central’s office space. The mixed-use tower, St. Petersburg’s tallest, is nearing completion at 400 Central Avenue. Dynasty announced Tuesday that it signed a 15-year lease for 44,434 square feet of Class A office space, underscoring the firm’s commitment to the city.
Registration still open for July 4 Pier Run

3 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Michael Connor

A popular St. Petersburg Independence Day tradition is set to make its return. The 5th annual Orlando Health St. Pete Pier Run will take place Friday, July 4. Attendees will be able to participate in a timed 4-mile run starting from Spa Beach Park on the St. Pete Pier. The course will go along the waterfront and end back on The Pier. There will be two “waves” of runners. The first group will start at 6:30 a.m. and the second at 7:45 a.m. Each can have a maximum of 1,500 participants.
St. Pete’s Manhattan Casino to receive $5 million makeover

3 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

The Manhattan Casino, a Black cultural institution in South St. Petersburg, will soon receive a $4.8 million redesign after shuttering in November 2022. City officials filed plans for the long-delayed project earlier this month. The nearly century-old landmark at 642 22nd St. S. was once a preferred destination for legendary performers like Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong during the Jim Crow era.
Despite funding loss, overdose nonprofit remains optimistic

4 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Michael Connor

Florida Harm Reduction Collective (FHRC), a St. Petersburg-based nonprofit, has been providing free Naloxone kits through mail distribution to individuals around Florida since 2022. Naloxone (also known under the brand name Narcan), typically a nasal spray, is a medicine used to reverse opioid overdoses. Between 400 to 600 kits are delivered every month on average. Every kit has four doses of Naloxone as well as literature about opioid overdose prevention, addiction treatments and local resources.
U.S. Marshals recover ‘critically missing’ St. Pete kids

4 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

The U.S. Marshals Service and myriad local partners have completed the most successful missing child recovery operation in the agency’s – and likely the nation’s – history. The multi-disciplinary task force’s collaborative efforts located 60 critically missing children ranging in age from 9 to 17, including 11 from St. Petersburg. Some are now pregnant. Critically missing kids are those most at risk of experiencing sexual exploitation, violence, substance abuse and exposure to other crimes.
USF researchers: Rivers can supercharge Gulf hurricanes

4 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

Hurricane Idalia intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm in less than 24 hours as it barreled toward Florida’s Big Bend in August 2023. The phenomenon has become increasingly common – Hurricanes Helene and Milton also suddenly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico before making devastating landfalls. A recent study led by researchers at the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus found that freshwater from nearby rivers can help supercharge storms.
Ukrainian refugee, SPC student earns prestigious scholarship

6 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

Yelyzaveta “Zali” Yurchevska was preoccupied with survival in war-torn Ukraine less than three years ago. The St. Petersburg College graduate will now pursue a filmmaking career in New York City. Yurchevska, 19, recently became one of 90 nationwide recipients of the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. She could not have attended a four-year university without the award.
Clearwater complex to offer affordable housing again

6 days ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Michael Connor

Sunrise Affordable Housing Group has acquired the Indigo, a Clearwater apartment complex, for $25.5 million. Under the new ownership, it will return to affordable housing. Once known as Prospect Towers, the circa 1971 complex at 801 Chestnut Street offered affordable housing for senior citizens for half a century. Sunrise Affordable, which has offices in Palm Beach, Florida and Toronto, Canada, received approvals for the $51 million project by the City of Clearwater in September 2024.
Congresswoman drives support for Black-owned businesses

1 week ago | stpetecatalyst.com | Mark Parker

Many burgeoning Black entrepreneurs struggle to access capital and navigate the bureaucracy associated with owning a business. They have a local champion in Washington, D.C.Congresswoman Kathy Castor organized a bus tour Thursday to spotlight Black-owned businesses in St. Petersburg. “We want to spend our Juneteenth out there telling their stories and encouraging our neighbors to support them,” she said.