St. Pete Catalyst

Key topics included infrastructure improvements, transportation enhancements, housing, public safety and park and recreation repairs.

“Data centers aren’t a job creator,” said Kathleen Peters, who reported staff has been approached with a proposal to build one along Gandy Boulevard.

Mermaid, which is screening Wednesday and Thursday (May 6 and 7) at the Beach Theatre, is Tampa-bred writer/director Tyler Cornack’s third film.

Once a potential crime is reported, SPPD staff members can send drones to the location of interest within five minutes or less.

Citizens hope the land is used to increase activation downtown.

“Occupational Hazard” will screen Sunday in St. Petersburg, as part of the Sunscreen Film Festival.

“Mayor Ken Welch has been a thoughtful, collaborative leader for St. Petersburg and a strong partner for our entire region,” Castor said in a prepared statement.

When asked what he could bring to City Hall, the former governor and Congressman pointed to experience.

Lance Markeith Felton and Marc Coleman play Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., respectively.

The nearly 35,000-square-foot space in the Edge of Africa area is still under construction and will open later this year.

Mayor Ken Welch had pushed back, calling the DOGE effort “not a true audit.”

It’s being designed as the “gateway” to a re-imagined Cleveland Street corridor.