St Pete Catalyst • 16th May 2025

Church to open community café on Central Avenue

Pinellas Park-based Good Samaritan Church, in partnership with the Recovery Epicenter Foundation, recently purchased a 3,150 sq.ft. building in St. Pete’s Grand Central District. The sale price was $1,225,000. 
The owners plan to use the space at 1940 Central Ave. to open Beloved Community Café, a nonprofit social outreach concept where visitors pay what they can. Additionally, the new complex will include a worship center for Sunday brunch services and events.  
It will also be home to a member...

St Pete Catalyst • 15th May 2025

Alte Beverages expanding its reach in the bay area

Alte Beverages, makers of hemp-devised drinks, is moving into the Florida market. Alte has started to sell its products in the St. Pete area through collaborations with Sea Dog Brewing Company and Great Bay Distributors.
The company’s local presence is the product of a partnership between Alte Beverages CEO and co-founder Michael Dunn and Sea Dog Brewing Company owner Fred Forsley. They met last year through a mutual connection.
Both have experience in the beverage market. Forsley founded and le...

St Pete Catalyst • 13th May 2025

Senior living provider TSOLife receives $43M in capital funding

TSOLife, an innovative technology company focused on enhancing the senior living home experience, has received an additional $43 million in capital, after completing a Series B funding round led by PeakSpan Capital.
Through advanced AI technology, the Tampa-based company has developed a platform that uses resident interviews to create applicable data that senior living homes can utilize every day. The platform is called Minerva.
“Our whole goal is to continuously invest in our product and our de...

St Pete Catalyst • 10th May 2025

Clearwater condo residents still not allowed to return 

Residents of Clearwater’s South Beach III condominiums were required to evacuate Tuesday “out of an abundance of caution,” according to Joelle Castelli, the City’s public communications director. The mandatory evacuation was enforced after cracks were found in a column supporting the building.  
South Beach III, 1460 Gulf Blvd., was undergoing permitted work in the garage when the cracks were discovered by a construction worker. Soon after, the condos’ management company, engineer and the City o...

St Pete Catalyst • 9th May 2025

Tampa Bay Tech’s poweredUp event is May 14

Tampa Bay Tech will host its annual poweredUp Tampa Bay Tech Festival May 14, at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg.
Every year, the event brings tech professionals, enthusiasts and students together, providing them with opportunities to meet industry leaders and learn about new innovations.
Arnie Bellini, co-founder and former CEO of Tampa-based ConnectWise, is scheduled to deliver keynote remarks at the 11 a.m.-6 p.m. event. Bellini began developing innovative software in the early 1980s b...

St Pete Catalyst • 7th May 2025

Weight loss pharmaceutical company expanding to Tampa

OrderlyMeds, a Georgia-based medical weight loss and health technology company, is expanding to the Tampa area. It will start leasing a 50,000 sq foot Falkenburg Road facility in August for pharmaceutical manufacturing and office space.
Founder and CEO Chris Spears said his team chose Tampa out of a national search. “Tampa was above and beyond in their receptiveness, just being open, friendly, communicative to what we were trying to accomplish”, he said. “It’s more about the people, I think a fa...

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth • 11th March 2025

Tony DiBenedetto, prominent Tampa community leader, to receive Horatio Alger Award - Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

Tony DiBenedetto, chief executive officer of Appspace and founder of the nonprofit Think Big for Kids, will receive the prestigious Horatio Alger Award, in April.Born to young parents, DiBenedetto lived with his grandparents during his early years. They struggled, financially, to care for him. After his grandmother’s passing, he became independent, relying on friends in the community. Throughout middle school and high school, DiBenedetto stayed in more than 10 homes and worked numerous jobs....

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth • 15th February 2025

Wheels of Success gives the gift of transportation freedom - Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

Transportation is often taken for granted. Owning a car and getting to work on time is, for many, a luxury. The impact of such independence extends beyond the daily commute. With a vehicle, individuals can run errands, take children to school and enjoy family days at the beach.Not having access to a car can disrupt life, especially in areas where public transportation is unreliable. Wheels of Success founder and chief executive officer Susan Jacobs knows this, firsthand. Before starting the orga...

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth • 15th January 2025

A Legacy of Care: Honoring the Contributions of ACS and David Pizzo - Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

Cancer affects people of all ages and backgrounds. For the thousands battling the disease, in the Tampa Bay area, organizations like the American Cancer Society provide vital support and hope.A national nonprofit, ACS has been serving cancer patients and their families for more than 100 years. Its mission is to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer through advocacy, research and patient support.


“We’re doing work across the country, but [are] very foc...

AudioPhix • 13th January 2025

The Wanderer: Dion DiMucci’s immeasurable impact on early rock and roll

In the mid to late 1950s, doo-wop was a street sound that was taking the country by storm. It brought young kids of all backgrounds together in some of America’s most predominant cities. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit, just to name a few. Harmonic, the doo-wop sound was catchy, fun, and beautiful all at the same time. It was a precursor to rock ‘n’ roll, and eventually, the two genres mixed. Dion DiMucci is partially responsible for that. DiMucci was one of doo-wop’s finest stars,...