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The South Tampa Chamber is hosting the 17th Annual Taste of South Tampa, on March 19, presented by Older, Lundy, Koch & Martino. For the sixth year, the Tampa Garden Club, on Bayshore Boulevard, in Tampa, will be transformed into an outdoor festival offering live entertainment, food samples from local restaurants, a beer garden and

Health care entrepreneur Vick Tipnes is launching his first-ever Rise Conference, an event he created for business leaders, and entrepreneurs, who want to grow and scale their businesses. The event will take place from June 16 to June 18, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Tampa. The three-day conference will be the first of its

iShared Transportation, a Patriot Capital portfolio company, has named Kyle Ingraham as its chief sales officer. Ingraham joins iShared with nearly a decade of leadership experience across sales and operations in the freight transportation industry. In this role, he will have direct leadership over all sales, and marketing, functions within the organization. He was previously

BayCare Health System has opened its newest hospital, in Wesley Chapel, at 4501 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. The 86-bed, 318,000-square-foot hospital will provide comprehensive medical services and health care resources including an emergency department, an intensive care unit with virtual-monitoring beds, diagnostic services such as imaging and lab and surgical services. “We’re thrilled to open

It’s almost Valspar Championship week once again, in Tampa Bay.  The PGA TOUR Valspar Championship will be held March 14 to 19. Each year, the tournament brings a week of events to life at Innisbrook Resort, in Palm Harbor. And this year, the tournament has some new VIP experiences. “There will be opportunities available from

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined developer Darryl Shaw, the founder and chief executive officer of KETTLER, Bob Kettler, and other community leaders and elected officials to mark the official groundbreaking of Gas Worx, a 50-acre development, in Ybor City. A joint venture between Shaw and KETTLER, Gas Worx is located between the Ybor Historic District

The Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, formerly known as the Van Wezel Foundation, and the City of Sarasota announced that the Architect Selection Task Force selected six semi-finalists, out of the 18 shortlisted candidates who were invited to submit proposals, to be architect for the new Performing Arts Center. The Architect Selection Task Force, composed

Wes Freeman, a former professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his business partners recently opened JDog Junk Removal & Hauling, in Lakeland JDog Brands, as a company, provides an outlet for veteran entrepreneurs. Freeman, who retired from baseball after an injury, has a brother who has served in the United States military and

DOW Technologies, an independently owned technology distributor, based in Tampa, was awarded Distributor of the Year at the Mobile Electronics Association Industry Awards. The Mobile Electronics association presents the awards, annually, to recognize, and honor, those in the mobile electronics industry. The Industry Awards are voted on by the retailers and vendors working in the

Tampa-based entrepreneur David Chessler sponsored a project at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business which gave students the opportunity to get real world entrepreneurial experience. This USF entrepreneurial competition had 60 entries out of which Team 11 division’s project, JustBaked Hot Food, made the final three. Team 11 included four USF students

Progressive Dental Marketing is working to revolutionize the dental marketing industry. Founded by entrepreneur Bart Knellinger, and established in 2009, the company has set a new standard in dental marketing by helping dental practitioners increase case acceptance rates for complex procedures, through customized campaigns. Progressive Dental’s approach to dental marketing focuses on targeting patients who

On Thursday, March 2, Academy Prep Center of Tampa will hold its annual signature fundraising event, An Evening of Champions, to benefit the school’s student scholarship fund. The event will be held at the Academy Prep Center of Tampa campus, at 1407 E. Columbus Drive, in Ybor, at 6:00 p.m. It will honor Susie Kuhn