ONE LINERS Sarasota/Manatee

►Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources has earned accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies, joining only 22 other agencies in Florida to earn the

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►The Sarasota YMCA opened the South Trail Performance CrossFit location in Westfield Sarasota Square.
ONE LINERS Hillsborough

►Stonehill, a Tampa-based management consulting firm, appointed Troy Atlas its new president. ►Brian Sparks joined Gunster’s private wealth services team in Tampa. ►Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) sold the five-story,

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►After an 18-month evaluation process, the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay was accredited by the Council on Accreditation, a nonprofit accreditor of human services organization, through 2022.
What You Should, and Should Not, Expect From an Executive Assistant

CEO’s and other executives often ask what their true expectations of an executive assistant should be. How does one know if they have the right person? What is considered appropriate,

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How to keep your heart healthy during the holidays

Mind-body health has been a well-described phenomenon for centuries in traditions of Eastern medicine.  Western medicine has in the last two decades started to embrace, study, investigate, and teach principles

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Flat-Rate Billing Mutually Benefits Law Firms & Clients

Businesses of all sizes consistently have a decision to make when they need specialized, professional services: Do they do the work in-house or outsource it? If they decide to outsource,

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On the Scene

Glitter Queens The St. Pete Glitter Queens’ seventh annual Royal Ball was held at the St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater. The Glitter Queens are a private fundraising organization for children’s groups.

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On the Scene: Tampa Hillsborough EDC Annual Meeting

The  Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. held its annual meeting  at the Straz Center. The EDC looked back at the past fiscal year’s biggest achievements of both the EDC and

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On the Scene: Heart Awards

The Housing & Education Alliance held its 2018 Heart Awards, themed “Rainbow Nation,” at the Bryan Glazer Family JCC in Tampa on September 27. The awards program recognizes individuals and

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Development: Talking with The Liberty Group’s Punit Shah

Sponsored by Punit Shah has put his mark on Tampa Bay as a hotel developer, and now he has spread his reach to South Florida as part owner of the

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Punit Shah and Bridgette Bello
Richard Gonzmart

The fourth-generation, self-described “caretaker” of the Columbia Restaurant Group, Richard Gonzmart has been named—as part of more than 100 awards—a community hero by the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Boys and

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CenterState Bank to acquire Birmingham company

CenterState Bank is acquiring National Commerce Corp.(Nasdaq: NCOM), a Birmingham, Alabama-based bank holding company. Under terms of the deal, CenterState Bank will exchange 1.65 of its shares for each National

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Women now have a majority in Pinellas County Board of Commissioners

When Kathleen Peters was sworn in on November 20, history was made in Pinellas County.    Thanks to Peter’s addition to the board, for the first time ever, four women hold the majority on the

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