Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined developer Darryl Shaw, the founder and chief executive officer of KETTLER, Bob Kettler, and other community leaders and elected officials to mark the official groundbreaking of Gas Worx, a 50-acre development, in Ybor City. A joint venture between Shaw and KETTLER, Gas Worx is located between the Ybor Historic District
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The Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, formerly known as the Van Wezel Foundation, and the City of Sarasota announced that the Architect Selection Task Force selected six semi-finalists, out of the 18 shortlisted candidates who were invited to submit proposals, to be architect for the new Performing Arts Center. The Architect Selection Task Force, composed
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Joy Gendusa is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, keynote speaker and philanthropist. PostcardMania has been featured on the Inc. 500 list, printed 2.3 billion postcards and helped 108,645 small business owners with their marketing. Gendusa has been featured in the pages of Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine and Adweek. WHAT DOES WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT MEAN TO YOU?
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Cammie Chatterton is owner, president and chief executive officer of Bay Food Brokerage, in Tampa. Chatterton was one of the first women in the U.S. to own a retail food brokerage business, having established Bay Food Brokerage in 1993. She has three decades of experience in perishable foods, predominately focusing on the meat, dairy, seafood
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Carrie Charles is a thought leader on workforce trends, women in tech and workplace diversity and is the host of RCR Wireless News’ 5G Talent Talk, to a global audience of more than 150,000. Under Carrie’s leadership, Broadstaff’s growth has received numerous accolades including Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 (2022, 2021, and 2020), the Tampa Bay
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Lisa Holland is intentional in how she describes her role at Sheltair, as chief executive officer and president, yes. But it’s still her parents’ business, not hers. “It’s very much a family business. I work for a salary, just like everyone else there,” she says. This is the way Holland speaks about many things. Frank,
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One day after the Valspar Championship honors Rondé Barber, a member of the 2023 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, on Thursday, March 16, Rob Gronkowski will visit the tournament’s new 18th hole hot spot, The Rooftop, presented by DEX Imaging and designed by Ashley. Gronkowski will spend the afternoon of Friday, March
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Bern’s Steak House has launched a new reservation process that will require credit cards to secure bookings. No-show reservations, and reservation cancellations made within 24 hours or less of the booking, will be subject to a $25 per person charge but 100 percent of the proceeds of those charges will benefit Feeding Tampa Bay, according
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Cushman & Wakefield, a real estate services firm, in Tampa, has arranged the $40 million sale of Bridgeport Center, a nine-story and 180,257-square-foot office building, in Tampa’s Westshore submarket. The office building was sold by an undisclosed seller and acquired by NAI/Merin Hunter Codman, according to a statement. Bridgeport Center is a Class A office
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Wes Freeman, a former professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his business partners recently opened JDog Junk Removal & Hauling, in Lakeland JDog Brands, as a company, provides an outlet for veteran entrepreneurs. Freeman, who retired from baseball after an injury, has a brother who has served in the United States military and
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DOW Technologies, an independently owned technology distributor, based in Tampa, was awarded Distributor of the Year at the Mobile Electronics Association Industry Awards. The Mobile Electronics association presents the awards, annually, to recognize, and honor, those in the mobile electronics industry. The Industry Awards are voted on by the retailers and vendors working in the
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Dr. Tonjua Williams is St. Petersburg College’s seventh president. SPC employs 3,000 staff, who serve 40,000 students, across eleven learning sites throughout Pinellas County. Under Williams’ leadership, SPC has streamlined college operations, consolidated resources, improved organizational fiscal health, expanded short-term/rapid credentials and strengthened partnerships with Tampa Bay’s workforce leaders. The Chronicle of Higher Education named SPC a
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