►Joint replacement specialist and orthopedic surgeon Alan Valadie with Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton was honored with Blake Medical Center’s 2020 Doctor of the Year award. (Pictured above).
► Allegiant Airlines added Boston’s Logan International Airport to its list of destinations served from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
► Suncoast Credit Union awarded Children First a $10,000 grant to provide scholarships for the most at-risk children and families in Sarasota County.
► Ross Realty Group announced the sale of a residential development site located at 720 33rd St. W., Palmetto, for $800,000.
► Step Up Suncoast partnered with the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support parent educators, and children, for the upcoming school year with the bank’s $25,000 grant for the organization’s Parents as Teachers program.
► Tidewell Foundation established a partnership with BSwanky, a Sarasota-based handbag atelier founded by Gretchen Bauer, to support its Blue Butterfly Family Grief Centers and program.
►Gulf Tile Distributors of Florida, a distributor of manufacturers of tile, stone and flooring, opened a new location in Sarasota at 1575 Cattlemen Road.
► Brad Roberts, manager of ABC Supply Co.’s location in Sarasota, was promoted to managing partner.
► Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) has signed a lease for more than 6,200 square feet in downtown Sarasota’s City Center at 1819 Main St.
► Florida Blue appointed Nick Kouris to serve as the company’s Southwest Florida market leader.
► NDC Construction Company, of Bradenton, announced the construction of Sandpiper Place Apartments, a new Blue Sky Communities attainable housing project located at 4605 26th St. W., Bradenton.
► Core Development, a Sarasota-based developer, completed construction of its latest project, BLVD, a tower on the edge of downtown at 540 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.