⊲ Neal Communities has donated $46,000 to support community events including $2,500 for the Marine Corps League Golf Tournament, benefiting the Marine Corps League Scholarship Fund and Wreaths Across America.
⊲Del Webb has broken ground on the model park at Sunchase, a new 55+ community in Parrish, featuring six professionally decorated homes showcasing its GenYou Floor Plans, ahead of the spring opening. (Pictured above)
⊲ Children First, Sarasota County’s provider of Head Start and Early Head Start services, has received a $900,000 grant from Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation to expand its early learning and family development programs.
⊲ Lindsey Hewitt and Alexander Buchheit joined The Ringling Museum as the inaugural David W. and Mary S. Benfer Curatorial Research Fellows, supporting postgraduate students in European Art and Circus curatorial research.
⊲ Ivory Matthews, a mentor and former board member of Take Stock in Children Manatee, has been named to the Florida State Board of Take Stock in Children.
⊲ Shumaker has welcomed back Partner Jade Davis, as the firm expands its data privacy, cybersecurity and AI governance team.
⊲ Southwest Florida luxury home builder Neal Signature Homes celebrated the opening of Tideline, a 29-home boutique community, in West Bradenton, featuring four luxury semi-custom home floor plans ranging from 2,562 to 3,861 square feet, with prices starting in the high $900,000s.
⊲ The New College Foundation has appointed five new board members: Mark Esbeck, owner of Andrick & Associates; Mary Gratehouse, community leader; Joshua Ingram, data scientist and 2024 New College of Florida graduate; Eric Robinson, managing partner at Robinson, Gruters & Roberts; and Dr. Dave Smith, owner of Sarasota Veterinary Center.