Small businesses in times of COVID-19

Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic small local businesses are slowly regaining their equilibrium with some time to reflect. Throughout the Tampa Bay area some positive constants have emerged through the upheavals. J. Mark Stroud, developer and founder of The Stroud Corporation, says there is a widening national appeal for Florida’s year-round outdoor lifestyle and … Read more

Despite coronavirus, Cancer Society fundraiser unites thoughtful people

Even through the fog of uncertainty, created by a global pandemic, they still see those friends and family members enduring a breast cancer journey. Even amid all the tumult of 2020, they’re still touched by the opportunity to make a positive difference in our community and move us towards a world without breast cancer. Even … Read more

MarineMax acquires Illinois-based boat retail company, adds 20 locations

MarineMax, based in Clearwater, has acquired SkipperBud’s, based in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois and its affiliate, Silver Seas, adding 20 locations to the MarineMax footprint in the United States. With the acquisition, MarineMax adds locations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, California, Washington and Florida. It also expands MarineMax’s real estate holdings with the addition of 11 … Read more

General contractor of JW Marriott, Water Street buildings to be featured on Bloomberg’s The American Dream

The founder, chairman and CEO of Miami-based Coastal Construction Group, Thomas P. Murphy Jr., will be profiled this weekend on the nationally televised show The American Dream. Coastal Construction Group is the general contractor for JW Marriott, and other buildings under development, in Water Street Tampa; in addition to other Florida projects like Four Seasons … Read more