One Liners

News announcements from Hillsborough County.

Peak Surf Park plans a surf-focused destination in Pasco County as part of a large-scale mixed-use development, targeting a 2027 opening.

► The Pasco Economic Development Council is assisting CoVar Transportation as the company expands in Pasco County, with the company leasing 5,500 square feet in The Edison Suncoast and investing $20,000 in office furniture and equipment. (Pictured above) ► O2B Kids, a daycare chain with about 40 locations in Florida, has sold the land one of

► Second Cycle opened its first charitable donation center drop-off location, in Tampa, at 12898 Race Track Road, with all donation proceeds benefiting Clean International, a nonprofit dedicated to providing clean water worldwide. (Pictured above) ►BayCare Health System’s $1.9 billion financing plan received unanimous approval from the Hillsborough County Industrial Development Authority, which includes $126

► The Pasco Economic Development Council hosted its 36th Annual Awards at the Pasco-Hernando State College Instructional Performing Arts Center honoring Garyline, JTD Enterprises, TRU Simulation + Training, Jon’s Gourmet Nutrition, OpenBuilds and Ted and Avis Phillips with leadership awards. (Pictured above) ► New Life Community Gospel Church welcomed residents to the first LGBTQ+ friendly food

► North Lakeland will get a new Lakeland Hills Fire Rescue EMS Station, designed by CMHM Architects, for a 4,000-square-foot facility to serve as a prototype for other county facilities in the future. ► A new, state-of-the-art, Veterans Affairs clinic opened, in south Lakeland, at 2080 Meadowland Park Blvd, behind the Sam’s Club, on Lakeland

► Sarasota developer Howard Davis, best known for his work on the BOTA Center in the Rosemary District, sold the Lime Arts building, at 925 N. Lime Ave., in the Limelight District of Sarasota, for $2.9 million. (Pictured above) ► The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau will receive a transfer of $3,600,000 to fund furniture,

News announcements from Pinellas County

► Saint Leo University has started offering a Master of Science in artificial intelligence, which will beoffered online. (Pictured above) ► Shumaker Partner Matthew E. Maggard, who also serves as City Attorney for Zephyrhills, assisted MiTek, a Missouri-based construction equipment manufacturer, in purchasing 111 acres, in Pasco County, to build an $80 million facility in Zephyrhills’

► Joe Lopano, chief executive officer of Tampa International Airport, will be inducted into the 2024 Florida Transportation Hall of Fame, in October. (Pictured above) ► The City of Tampa has begun work on improving Interbay Boulevard to improve access to the MacDill Airforce Base.  ► Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation was honored as having one

► Lakeland’s City Commission chose a design concept for the revitalization of Munn Park. ► The Polk County Utilities Division took first place at the 2024 Florida Water Environment Association’s Operations Challenge, also known as the Wastewater Olympics.  ► The Florida Southern College School of Architecture is scheduled to open to undergraduates, in the fall

► Resilient Retreat, in Sarasota, received a $4,500 grant from the Church of the Redeemer/Episcopal Thrift House. (Pictured above) ► The finance lab at the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus is getting an upgrade this summer as the school prepares to open a second lab in Tampa. ► Hodges Soileau came to Palm Avenue Fine