The Catalyst Role

Become a Catalyst

Building a Stronger Community Starts With You

Application has closed for 2025.

KCCI Community Catalysts are change agents. They make a volunteer commitment to educate, engage and enable fellow citizens to build a more authentic, sustainable and prosperous community.

2025 Project: Bicentennial Park & Downtown Enhancements

The next class of KCCI Community Catalysts will work collaboratively with members of the 2024 Community Catalyst team to bring the Bicentennial Square Vision Plan to life and to further activate and enhance downtown.

The 2025 team will build upon the success and Bicentennial Square vision plan created by the 2024 Community Catalyst team. Bicentennial Square park will improve safety and connectivity in our downtown while providing a place for citizens to meet and gather, where entrepreneurs thrive and connections are made.

The park’s location will be in downtown Tallahassee, where City Hall’s north side faces West Jefferson Street. Innovative, interactive design features and technology will engage downtown visitors and enrich the built environment and sense of place. The new park supports the community’s vision for an 18-hour downtown by bringing more foot traffic to the city center.

This is your chance to turn a central space into an area that offers a memorable, welcoming impression of Tallahassee’s downtown to local residents and visitors from all over Florida and even the world – a rare opportunity.

Two hundred years since the city’s founding, Tallahassee and Leon County stand at the edge of a new century. Our shared history has shaped Tallahassee into the place it is today. Together, we can shape the city and community it will become.

Considerations for Applicants

  • Applicants must reside in Leon County. To accomplish the project goals we meet weekly, in person.
  • The 2025 Community Catalyst Class will be announced in December 2024. Once you successfully submit your application you will receive an automated confirmation e-mail. If you do not receive an email contact KCCI Executive Director Betsy Couch.
  • Catalyst applicants do not need a background in any particular field, as this effort will require skills and experience across a range of professions, as well as diverse perspectives from all walks of life..  

Before you begin the application, it is helpful to have already written out brief or bulleted answers to the following:

  • Why do you want to join KCCI?
  • What will you bring to the team?
  • What recommendations or ideas do you have for the Bicentennial Square park project? (i.e., ideas to celebrate park design installations and community involvement in the park.)
  • What is your most important accomplishment in the community thus far? (Note: It is ok if you don’t have anything major to list)
  • It is also helpful to go ahead and gather contact information (email, phone#) for 3 references, and have a headshot or casual photo ready to upload (this image will be used in the KCCI Directory).
  • Please do not include emojis in your answers.

If you have the answers to the above ready, then the application takes less than 10 minutes to complete.