Visit St. Pete/Clearwater has named Steve Grimes as the organization’s chief marketing officer. In the role, Grimes will lead all advertising, promotions, marketing, market intelligence, digital, communications and social media efforts for the Visit St. Pete/Clearwater organization. Grimes has more than 20 years of marketing experience. Throughout his career, he has developed integrated marketing campaigns
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Penny Preville Medallion Collection It’s been almost forty-five years since Penny Preville launched her designer collection. Enchanted by jewelry from a young age, Preville loved playing with the pieces in her grandmother’s jewel box. By the 1970s, she began her professional foray in jewelry with a collection of simple, beaded pieces accented with feathers. In
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The Valspar Championship, marketed as “The Most Colorful PGA TOUR Tournament in the World,” is scheduled to take place March 18 to March 24, at Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort, in Palm Harbor. Each year, the nationally televised golf tournament draws some of the best golfers in the world. It also provides a week-long roster
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On the ground floor of the Ponce de Leon Hotel, in downtown St. Petersburg, is a cozy little restaurant space that previously was home to Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant, for 25 years. It was a popular spot for celebratory dinners, including a pre-prom dinner circa 2001, for yours truly. Ceviche moved to a new location,
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PSCU and Co-op Solutions, two leading credit union service organizations and financial technology service providers, have closed a deal to combine operations. As of January, PSCU and Co-op began operating as one company, which is based in St. Petersburg and led by Charles E. “Chuck” Fagan, who was previously president and chief executive officer of
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Paradise Ventures, a St. Petersburg-based commercial real estate firm, has announced plans for improvements to the Keene Plaza Shopping Center, in Largo. The development plans include the demolition of approximately 35,500 square feet of existing retail space, at the northeast leg of the center, to make room for two new retailers. Sprouts Farmers Market and
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Tampa Bay Sun FC has announced a new partnership with sports marketing and sponsorship platform Parity. The partnership will enable the company to share their suite of services with the Tampa Bay Sun’s athletes, making Parity the official development partner of Tampa Bay Sun FC. As part of the partnership, Parity will host tailored informational
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The Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an early-stage tech incubator and accelerator, in St. Petersburg, will host a showcase event featuring the founders that participated in its most recent accelerator program, which was focused on startups building artificial intelligence and machine learning-focused products. This will be the first formal event hosted by TBIC at their new
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Children’s Dream Fund will honor Onicx at this year’s annual Dreamaker luncheon, held at Armature Works, in Tampa, on February 28. Onicx is a valued partner of the Children’s Dream Fund and has donated more than 15 bedroom makeovers, outdoor playgrounds and sensory installations for dream children. Since the organization’s inception, the St. Petersburg-based nonprofit
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Trepp Developments has signed a partner to offer virtual concierge services for SOTA Residents & Hotel, in Sarasota. LIVunLtd, a global luxury brand specializing in all facets of service, has been contracted as the residential virtual concierge for the property. With a focus on service for the 35 residents living above the boutique HOTEL SOTA,
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Graphite Real Estate acquired Holiday Centre, a 67,035 square foot neighborhood retail center, located at 4637 – 4701 Sunray Drive, in Holiday, for $9.9 million. The Publix-anchored shopping center was 98% leased at the time of sale and has retail tenants including a Planet Fitness, Bright Now Dental and Publix Liquors. Ari Ravi, of RIPCO
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Tampa Bay Business and Wealth had its January CEO Connect featuring David Habib, chief executive officer and founder of Yo Mama’s Foods, at the Motor Enclave, in Tampa. Sponsors included Keyrenter, Shelbt Construction and Shumaker.
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