One Liners Polk: Parkway Property Investments, NOAA Hurricane Hunters and more

►Watson Clinic is now offering telemedicine, allowing patients to schedule their next doctor’s appointment and connect with a member of their medical team through video chat, or private messaging, using MyChart at Watson Clinic LLP Patient Portal. ► Parkway Property Investments was joined by another firm in acquiring the 730-acre tract bordering the Polk Parkway,

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One Liners Sarasota/Manatee: GulfStar Homes, Feldman Equities and more

►Halfacre Construction Co., a Lakewood Ranch-based commercial construction company, was awarded the contract to construct a new 11,000-square-foot building for Harvest House, one of the few nonprofit organizations in Sarasota to work toward the development, preservation and management of affordable, service-enriched housing. ►Architecture and design firm Clifford M. Scholz Architects, Scholz, Oswald & Shaffer broke

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American Cancer Society, Superior Group and more in this week’s ‘Tell Me Something Good’

This is not a story about what could have been done better, but what is being done right. And you can find what’s being done right by looking to local businesses. The support and love that lives in the Tampa Bay community is overwhelming. We are blessed to live in a community where people truly

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TBBW’s Virtual Connect Series: Supporting our Furloughed or Laid Off Employees

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth’s Virtual Connect series was created to bring our readers together to hear panels that can help them with various business endeavors during the COVID-19 crisis. Bridgette Bello, publisher and CEO of TBBW, moderated the panel via Zoom. PANELISTS Jessica Muroff, CEO, United Way Suncoast David Pizzo, Market President, Florida Blue

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Kozuba & Sons, United Way Suncoast and more in this week’s ‘Tell Me Something Good’ round up

This is not a story about what could have been done better, but what is being done right. And you can find what’s being done right by looking to local businesses.   The support and love that lives in the Tampa Bay community is overwhelming. We are blessed to live in a community where people

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Kahwa Coffee owners talk new shipping container store, Publix & more

Brewing since 2006, Kahwa Coffee has had a fairy tale of a story. What started as one shop has grown into a heavy hitter in the local brewing community. Kahwa now has 15 locations, with plans to open four more, sells its packaged coffee beans in Publix, is a part of Publix’s in-store coffee bar

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TBBW’s Virtual Connect: Returning to the workplace and best practices

TBBW’s Virtual Connect series was created to bring our readers together to hear panels that can help them with various business endeavors during the COVID-19 crisis. This panel was moderated by Stephanie Markese, vice president at NextPath Career Partners, via Zoom. Panelists: Troy Atlas, president, Stonehill Taylor Queen, senior human resource specialist, Insperity Dr. Christos

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The Columbia Restaurant, Edwards Family Foundation and more Tampa Bay area businesses rally during COVID-19 crisis

This is not a story about what could have been done better, but what is being done right. And you can find what’s being done right by looking to local businesses.   The support, and love, that lives in the Tampa Bay community is overwhelming. We are blessed to live in a community where people

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One Liners Hillsborough: Taco Bus, Suncoast Credit Union and more

►The Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners approved the renaming of a portion of West Comanche Avenue as “Tony Alessi Sr. Avenue,” in honor of Antonino “Tony” Alessi Sr., founder of the Tampa-based, family-owned food manufacturing company, Vigo Importing Company. (Pictured above) ►BellaBrava: New World Trattoria will open in the mixed-use development Midtown Tampa. ►Ardurra Group,

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One Liners Pinellas: Madico, KnowBe4 and more

►Berkadia arranged the sale of Dunedin Commons, a 280-unit garden-style apartment community located in Dunedin, to Westdale Asset Management, in Dallas, for $62.5 million. (Pictured above)  ►USF St. Petersburg received a $10 million grant from the Florida Department of Education that will be used to help school districts address a variety of mental health-related issues.

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Tampa law firm is representing a Tampa restaurant group, other Hillsborough businesses, pursue insurance claims

Curry Law Group is offering to review commercial liability insurance policies free of charge to businesses. Curry Law Group, in Tampa, is already working with Jeannie Pierola, chef and owner of Tampa restaurants Counter Culture, Edison and Swigamajig after being denied by her insurance company for her business interruption claim. Pierola was forced to close

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Joe Johnson finds success through trials and tribulations

You might hear an accent when talking to Joe Johnson. Born in the United States, he spent his formative years in Brazil and, to this day, he carries a slight Portuguese twang to some of his words. It’s a breezy day in February at his home in Bradenton when he recounts the story of his

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