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Sarasota Attorney Jennifer B. Compton will become the first woman to lead the Shumaker Law Firm—a national firm with offices in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina. The Shumaker

LCG Advisors, a Tampa-based financial services advisory firm, announced that George Helock joined the firm as managing director to lead the firm’s new Denver office. The Denver location will serve

Florida Funders announced that Saxon Baum, Ryan Whittemore and Michael Kadow have been promoted to partner. Baum previously was vice president of investor relations. As a partner, he will continue

The groundbreaking for Speros FL will officially kick off construction of the 775-acre Pasco County campus on January 20. The campus will be used for the future of revolutionary cancer

The Pagidipati family, of Tampa, plans to bring the world’s largest triceratops ever discovered to the Glazer Children’s Museum this Spring. The Pagidipati family purchased Big John, as he was

Darryl Shaw will lead the Florida Aquarium’s upcoming $40 million capital campaign, called Sea Change. The campaign is the Aquarium’s largest since opening, in 1995. Last year, the Aquarium unveiled

Jerry Telson has been named chief operating officer at Sweetheart Ice Cream, in Tampa. Sweetheart Ice Cream is a concessionaire of major brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Breyer’s, Good Humor

BDG Architects and Parker Walter Group are merging firms that will expand their multi-family team and capabilities in other industries including hospitality and the retail marketplace. PWG, and its Sarasota

FlyUSA and Paradise Ventures has received the approval from Clearwater City Council to build a fixed-based operator management and real estate development project for Clearwater Airpark. The proposal includes plans

The first movie created about the founding days of Amazon is set to air on January 24 and Nick Friedman, a Tampa resident, and co-founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk

The inauguration of Rhea Law, as the University of South Florida’s eighth president, will take place on Thursday, January 19. USF students, faculty, staff, alumni and residents in the Tampa

Jonathan D. Fleece has been named President and chief executive officer of Empath Health and its affiliate programs, effective January 12, 2023. Fleece was most recently Empath Health president, as