20 Questions With … Joe Lopano

Joe Lopano, CEO of Tampa International Airport, has worked 37 years in the aviation industry. Prior to accepting the CEO position in Tampa, he worked at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

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How to Expand Your Professional Network Through Volunteerism

Today, we see certain trends: positions being eliminated as businesses strive for greater efficiency, mergers and acquisitions forcing closures of local headquarters, baby boomers coming out of retirement to transition

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United Way Suncoast receives $1 million donation

Dave and Debbie Walker have made a $1 Million donation to United Way Suncoast for community children. “The Walker gift will support underserved children and families through a variety of

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Frontier executive named vice chair of HART

Melanie Williams, senior vice president for operations, southern region, at Frontier, was appointed vice chair of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors for 2019. She was originally

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AC4S acquired by Hawaiian company

Tampa-based Advanced C4 Solutions Inc. (AC4S), a C4, professional support, cyberspace operations and mission support services company for federal agencies, has been acquired by Hui Huliau, a Native Hawaiian Organization

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Celebration for Inc. 5000

Key Person of Influence hosted a celebration for three Tampa Bay area companies that made their debut on the Inc. 5000 list this year, including 3 Daughters Brewing, Sourcetoad and

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Tampa Bay Food Fight

Metropolitan  Ministries held its second annual Food Fight event and fundraiser. Fifty restaurants battled it out at Armature Works in Tampa to see which side of the bay had the

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Chatting with restauranteur Jeff Gigante

Sponsored by   Jeff Gigante is one of Tampa’s busiest restauranteurs, with eight restaurants under the Ciccio Restaurant Group, which he helped establish in the Bay area, employing more than

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Jeff Gigante and Bridgette Bello
The Good Life: Fast cars, fancy knives and more

The Ventana Azure (Below), retailing at $3,950, features a frame in Rhodium-plated nickel silver, inlaid with a pave of genuine sapphires, hand-set in nickel silver. The blade is hand-forged “Herring

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Paul Anderson: President and CEO of Port Tampa Bay

During Paul Anderson’s tenure, Port Tampa Bay has acquired two new container gantry cranes, which bolster the Port’s capacity for handling larger container vessels. He directs annual safety drills and

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Mansions on the Market: Gated waterfront estate

Details: This gated Tuscan style estate is situated on a 4.5-acre lot with 247 feet of waterfront on the Intracoastal waterway and bay. The house sits on 173 concrete pilings,

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Melt in Your Mouth Elegance at The Peabody

Photos by Alyssa Rosenheck   The first thing you notice when you enter The Peabody, located on the John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital campus in St. Petersburg, is the striking

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