Feeding Tampa Bay’s FoodRX program received the Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Awards’ top honor of $100,000 for community health improvement, alongside nine Florida nonprofit programs, organizations and individuals. Feeding Tampa Bay’s Food Rx program provides food prescriptions to adults with diet-related health conditions in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties. The first food pharmacy in the
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A new study, from Canada Sports Betting, found that Baker Mayfield is the most popular Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, according to monthly Google searches. Mayfield, the Bucs quarterback, was found to have, on average, 631,000 searches, monthly. In second place was Mike Evans, wide receiver, and in third place was Lavonte David, linebacker. Evans had
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Global Sports Institute, led by professional athletes Donald Suxho, a two-time United States Olympian, and Yury Shakirov, plans to transition a building that previously was the Tervis headquarters, in Venice, to a sports facility. Plans for the sports complex include four indoor volleyball courts equipped with Teraflex flooring, pickleball equipment, with 15 courts, and a
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The Hillsborough Education Foundation has named Anna Corman as its new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. The HEF Board of Directors, in collaboration with an external recruitment firm, conducted a search that attracted more than 120 inquiries for the CEO position. Corman was selected as the unanimous choice of the Board of Directors.
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Avison Young, a real estate services provider, based in Miami, has appointed Lisa Jesmer as market leader for Florida. Jesmer will take on the added leadership, and focus, of driving growth for the firm in Florida, expanding business development throughout the state and recruiting talent in all geographies, service lines and sectors. She joined the
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Sarasota Design House, BSWANKY, has partnered with Jackie Siegel, an American socialite, model, actress and beauty pageant director. Siegal was one of the main subjects of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles. The line has three bag silhouettes with BSWANKY’s signature 24-karat gold-plated QV pendant. The Queen of Versailles Collection will be featured
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Exclusive Yachts, a subscription-based yachting membership club, has appointed David Arredondo as its new chief executive officer. Arredondo has more than two decades of experience in business transformation, startups and corporate strategies. Based in Fort Lauderdale, he previously helped launch and grow HUBX.COM, a startup that was named one of the fastest-growing companies, by Inc.
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With the recognition of his second $2.5 million gift, Jesuit High School announced that Richard “Steve” Jenkins, class of 1975, has surpassed $5 million in giving to the school. Jenkins made his previous donation of $2.5 million in 2017. Before more than 850 Jesuit students, at Convocation, in the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Richard
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Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held a Tech Connect: Taking the fear out of artificial intelligence, presented by KUDUCOM, Source 1 Solutions and SME Solutions Group. The event was held at the Five Labs, in Tampa. The panel discussion was moderated by Chris Moyer, founder, president and chief executive officer of SME Solutions Group. The panel
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Rita Lowman, a veteran banker in the Tampa Bay region, recently visited Washington D.C., to meet with lawmakers about current legislation being debated, in congress. Lowman, former president of Pilot Bank, is a banking veteran with 45 years of experience. Her career highlights include managing 23 acquisitions, including the NationsBank-Barnett merger, in 1997. She currently
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Empath Health will unite with Trustbridge, and its affiliates, including Hospice of Palm Beach County and Hospice by the Sea, together becoming Florida’s largest nonprofit post-acute care organization. Empath will now care for 5,000 hospice patients daily, supported by 5,000 colleagues and 3,000 volunteers throughout Florida. “This affiliation marks a significant milestone in our mission
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Pvolve, an omni-channel fitness company, plans to make its Florida debut next winter after signing its latest franchise deal with Tampa Bay resident Bijal Patel. Patel says she is targeting South Tampa as the location of the new studio, which she anticipates opening in early 2025. In addition to this new deal, Pvolve says it
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