Year: 2020

ServisFirst Bank executive appointed to Hillsborough County Commissioners’ Industrial Development Authority

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Patrick Ahern, Tampa Bay’s vice president of commercial banking at ServisFirst Bank, was appointed to serve as a member of the Hillsborough County Industrial Development Authority. The Authority provides financing of industrial projects that are beneficial to the community, including manufacturing plants and pollution and waste control facilities. Ahern will serve as a member through … Read more

When life gives you lockdown: COVID-19’s creative entrepreneurs

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Before applications opened for Paycheck Protection Program relief loans, our phones in the business banking office were ringing off the hook. We spoke with entrepreneurs and business owners who were concerned, even terrified, about their businesses surviving the lockdown. Three or four months prior, they had record sales and were thinking about expanding – and … Read more

Virtual Tech Connect: Connecting in a Contactless World

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Tampa Bay Business and Wealth’s Tech Connect series is designed to bring together individuals that hold strategic leadership positions in the areas of technology and innovation, in the Tampa Bay area. These events provide an outlet for IT leaders to collaborate, discuss issues, exchange ideas and share insights, with an invitation-only audience. The discussion was … Read more

Synapse & TBBW presents Connecting with the C-Suite

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Synapse and Tampa Bay Business and Wealth magazine teamed up for this one-hour session moderated by TBBW’s CEO and publisher, Bridgette Bello, via Zoom. The Panelists • Vera Anderson, legacy coach and growth strategist, Global Elements Consulting • Debbie Lundberg, author, speaker, strategist and performance coach, Presenting Powerfully • Jim Marshall, owner and president, Sandler … Read more

Sunsets to take your breath away and ‘just let go’

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While the world stopped and social distancing became the word of the summer, many Floridians were eyeing places they could travel by car to get out of the house while staying away from people. If you live in the Tampa Bay area, you can pick any resort that lines Pinellas County and not go wrong, … Read more

Want to Give Locally? Check the Nonprofit Needs List 

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For more than 30 years, the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay has been dedicated to making charitable giving easy, and impactful, throughout our region. It connects donors with nonprofit organizations, collaborates with philanthropists to create, and manage, foundations and invests, and distributes, endowments. When the coronavirus crisis hit, the Foundation mobilized its funding resources and … Read more

Flying High: Will Smith Aviation

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As a pilot, Will Smith glances down thousands of feet and sees the big picture: people small as ants, neighborhoods arranged in tidy grids. The world has an order from this height, a predictable pattern. Not long ago, he’d arranged life that way too—building a family and a solid career. He was, in his words, … Read more

One Liners Sarasota & Manatee: Tervis, Océane and more

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►Solar Power World recognized the efforts of solar contractors across the United States in its 2020 Top Solar Contractors list, where Sarasota solar installer Brilliant Harvest earned a rank of 352, among companies from across the country, and 34th in Florida. ►Drinkware manufacturer Tervis, based in North Venice, launched wide-mouth water bottles which are now … Read more

One Liners Polk: Aldi, BayCare Health System and more

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►Real estate investor, developer and operator Crescent Communities, in partnership with Native Development Group, closed on the land and commenced construction on the Lakeland North Business Center, a 299,241-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Lakeland. ► Watson Clinic added Paula S. Wibowo, a registered nurse practitioner who works alongside board-certified gastroenterologist Victor C. Nwakakwa at the … Read more