The owners of the Catalyst on the Deuces lounge have made an unsolicited offer to the city of St. Petersburg to buy the next-door Woodson African American Museum of Florida, should the museum relocate.
One of those owners, Dan Soronen, offered Oct. 10 to pay $800,000 or the appraised value for the property at 2240 Ninth Ave. S., according to an emailed letter he shared with the Tampa Bay Times.
“The Woodson seems to be in everyone else’s plans to move to another location,” Soronen said. “We’d like to purchase that, so our business is allowed to continue on in perpetuity.”…