Local Buzz

The Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, the lead designated economic development agency for Hillsborough County and the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City, has named Kacie Blucher as

Source 1 Solutions has added two new executives to its team, based in Clearwater. Richard Montefusco has been named president and chief revenue officer. Rebekah Nault has joined the company

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig, a law firm in Tampa, has elected Denise Anderson as its first-ever female managing partner in the firm’s 45 years of business. Anderson has been with

TD Bank has named Boris Ayala as North Florida retail market president, which includes the greater Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Ocala, Daytona, Lakeland and Melbourne areas. Ayala, who is

Cal-Tec Labs, a full-service calibration lab, based in Pittsburgh, was acquired by Medical Technology Associates, in Pinellas Park. MTA is provider of testing, inspection, certification and calibration and the addition

Jami Gold has been named managing director of mergers and acquisitions and commercial insurance for M.E. Wilson, a risk management, insurance and benefits firm, in Tampa. Gold was previously with

The International Franchise Association named John Duffy and Steve Howerton, owners of City Wide Facility Solutions, with locations in St. Petersburg and Miami, as Franchisee of the Year. Duffy and

PostcardMania, a Clearwater-based marketing technology firm, has launched a new automated marketing product, Pre-Mover Daily Mailers. This marketing tool has been designed to assist businesses that want to target residents

Star Mountain Capital, a New York-based, employee-owned, specialized private credit and secondaries investment manager with approximately $4 billion in assets under management, officially opened its Tampa office, in December.  Located

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport was awarded a $6 million Federal Aviation Administration Discretionary Grant for its Airport Terminal Project. The total project cost is estimated at $119 million and the

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

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