Assisted Living Locators, one of the nation’s largest senior placement and referral services, launched its St. Petersburg, FL location, on June 11th. This franchise, owned by Senior Living Advisor Elizabeth Plevin, is committed to guiding families through the difficulties of senior care options at no cost to them. Plevin is fueled by her personal mission.
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CITY Furniture, a family-owned American furniture and mattress retailer and fine upholstery manufacturer, announced that it has raised $691,987 for the American Heart Association, this year. This achievement surpasses CITY Furniture’s initial pledge to raise $650,000, through their 5% Giving Pledge. Andrew Koenig, CEO of CITY Furniture, and his wife Deana have been leading the
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Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, will hold its June Speaker Series on Thursday, June 27, at 8:30 am at the ARK Innovation Center, located at 1101 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL. “Busting the Top Five Myths of Venture Capital,” will include serial entrepreneur, Rachel Fisher. TECH Talk
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Alair Homes has strengthened its presence in Southwest Florida with the addition of Alair Redington. Owned and operated by Simon Amesbury, owner of the Alair South Tampa location, Alair Redington is set to make an impact in the local, luxury, custom and renovation home market. Alair Redington’s flagship project will be a waterfront home, in
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A group of families have gifted a grand total of $4 million to Berkeley’s Endowment for Teaching Excellence. Shanna and Bryan Glazer, Chad and Sarah Harrod and Carla and Punit Shah’s contributions will impact over 280 faculty members and provide resources needed to positively impact the learning experience of Berkeley’s 1,400 students. The Glazer’s reason
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Esquire released this year’s Best New Bars in America, which includes 42 notable joints nationwide. This list was compiled by several evaluators who include Peter Barrett, Daniel Dumas, Beth Ann Fennelly, Jeff Gordinier, Omar Mamoon, Joshua David Stein and Jason Tesauro. Tampa’s Punch Room, at Tampa Edition, made the list of the top bars in
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Advantive, a provider of mission-critical software for specialty manufacturing and distribution businesses, just announced the appointment of Kevin Boyce as the new chief executive officer of the company. Boyce has served as the CEO of Higher Logic where he integrated and scaled six companies for the betterment of the customers and employees, along with the
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As hurricane season approaches, Pinellas County Emergency Management gives us three things to enhance resident safety over the next five months. Know your risks:The first thing is for residents to know their risk along with how a potential storm surge would impact their region. Residents of mobile homes and those that are medically dependent on
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Two University of South Florida faculty members have been named to the 2024 class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. It was announced on May 30th that engineering professors Sylvia Wilson Thomas and Daniel Yeh are a part of the 2024 inductees. USF alumna Rachana Vidhi was also selected for the hall of fame.
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