One Liners

► The Polk County Board of Commissioners approved Hezedean A. Smith as the new Polk County Fire Rescue chief. (Pictured above)  ► Watson welcomed two additions to its team of medical providers—a registered nurse practitioner, D’Aishia Burgess, who works alongside board-certified pulmonology specialist physician Naem Shahrour from Watson Clinic Main, at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd.,

► Fat Point Brewing plans to open a new location, in Sarasota, at University Town Center. (Pictured above)  ► Gulfside Bank, in Sarasota, named Robin Scorsone as assistant manager.  ► The Bay Park Conservancy, the nonprofit responsible for bringing a bayfront gathering place, in park form, to Sarasota Bay, named Tony Gamelin as chief financial

► Morganna’s Alchemy, a company that develops skincare products with an emphasis on anti-aging, hair growth and personal care products, celebrated its grand opening, at 6610 US Highway 19, New Port Richey. (Pictured above)  ► American Freight, a national home retail store, opened at 6233 Tacoma Drive, Port Richey, at the old Toys R Us

► Tampa-based artist Ya La’ford was honored with the Blanche Armwood Legacy award at the annual National Alumnae Association of Spelman College Tampa Bay Chapter event. (Pictured above)  ► Travis Jennings, founder and chief executive officer of Finance Cape, was named president of the TIE Tampa Bay chapter, replacing longtime leader Rich Heruska.  ► The

► 3 Daughters Brewing, in St. Petersburg, released a line of vodka-and-soda-canned cocktails, in three flavors, including grapefruit, pineapple and mango. (Pictured above)  ► Avison Young’s Florida Capital Markets Group completed the $22.5 million sale of the 134,362-square-foot, 13-acre retail property, at 21800 U.S. Highway 19 N, in Clearwater, to an affiliate of the Philadelphia

► Gateway Commons Shopping Center, in Palmetto, has added Pure Barre, Mid-Florida Insurance Group, the Blend Coffee & Cocktails and will soon announce a fast-food restaurant, a wireless provider and a medical group, a statement said. (Pictured above)  ► The Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority announced Kent D. Bontrager, vice president, engineering at Sarasota Bradenton International

► Oronzo, in Midtown Tampa, has expanded its menu items including gluten-free penne, keto and protein bowls, in addition to its pizza, pastas, soups and salad offerings. (Pictured above) ► National Strategies PR, a public relations firm headquartered in Tampa, named Christine McLarty its public relations director. ► Merit Logistics, a third-party warehouse services provider,

► Little’s, a drive-through restaurant serving sliders, tenders, fries and malted milkshakes, plans to open at 4th Street North and 87th Avenue, in St. Petersburg. (Rendering above) ► St. Petersburg’s Sunken Gardens is opening a history center in the original 1940 entrance and gift shop, a building that, until recently, held the garden’s tropical birds

► Sarasota County’s Child Protection Center’s Personal Safety and Community Awareness Program celebrated its 30th anniversary of educating the community on reducing child abuse. (Pictured above)  ► All Faiths Food Bank in Sarasota has named Timothy Taylor chief financial officer.  ► MSD Engineering, an engineer-owned structural and forensic engineering company located in Manatee County, announced

► Play Ball Florida, owner and franchisee of Glory Days Grill restaurants in Florida and Georgia, will acquire Glory Days, the corporate entity that owns 22 corporate restaurant locations in Virginia and Maryland. ► The National Science Foundation awarded a $20 million grant to a University of South Florida-led team of researchers to develop a

► Construction has begun for an apartment building at Echelon City Center, a master-planned development, in the Carillon business park of St. Pete.  ► Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate services firm, arranged the sale of Bay Vista Gardens I and II, a single-story flex five-building office portfolio, in Clearwater, for $18 million.  ►

► Shumaker Partner Brett Henson has been appointed to the legislative subcommittee co-chair of the Florida Bar real property, probate and trust law sections construction law committee and to the steering committee for Division 1: litigation and dispute resolution of the American Bar Association’s forum on construction law. ► Baldwin Risk Partners, a Tampa-based firm,