Wpautop causing excessive white space!

I love the theme however I’m having issues with excessive white space. I’m specifically trying to use a plugin to create a business directory. I have been emailing the plugin author and he says that the issue is that this theme uses wpautop which can cause excessive white space. I’ve tried every workaround listed but nothing works. Can someone please help me? Specifically the page I’m working on is here: https://www.theohiobeacon.com/business-directory.