Feed The Need Florida was joined by Titus O’Neil, of the WWE, to serve more than 610 foster families throughout Hillsborough County; in partnership with the Children’s Home Network and 4 Rivers Smokehouse Tampa. O’Neil, who was recently named a finalist for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award of the year, helped distribute 3,050 meals. … Read more
Puff n’ Stuff Catering and St. Petersburg Distillery have partnered to provide a fun food and drink package for dad that can be picked up at Puff n’ Stuff or delivered directly to your home. For $140, the Puff n’ Stuff family meal for four package includes Bratwurst kit (2 per person), cilantro pesto marinated … Read more
The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay received a $500,000 commitment from The Humana Foundation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tampa Bay region. The gift will be distributed to local nonprofits, through the Community Foundation’s Tampa Bay Rapid Response Fund, which provides grants to local nonprofits to address immediate and mid- to long-term … Read more
A Tampa-based woman entrepreneur has launched a new initiative to support the Tampa Bay area dining scene. Get Back to Dining Tampa is a campaign created to engage the local community and highlight restaurants that have reopened and are inviting customers to come back and dine. “We are a local business and understand how hard … Read more
This is contributed content by Jennifer Rominiecki, president and CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. There is no singular approach for getting through the COVID-19 economic crisis. But at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, they adopted nearby Historic Spanish Point (in the Osprey area of Sarasota County) as a companion campus to their downtown location, with the idea … Read more
Vology, an information technology, cloud and security services firm in Tampa, has announced new appointments to the company’s c-suite. Tom York, (pictured above) a current board member at Vology, was named CEO and Steve Torres was promoted to president and board member. York is an experienced IT services and support executive. He spent a decades-long … Read more
Shutts & Bowen Law represented Southern Marinas Holdings, in its acquisition of three premier Florida properties, in a transaction totaling more than $50 million. The acquisition, from Aqua Marine Partners, brings their total properties to 10 with the newly added Hi-Lift Marina in Aventura, Hidden Harbour in Pompano Beach and Palm Harbour in Cape Haze, … Read more
Older Lundy & Alvarez, a multi-service law firm based in Tampa, will open a third office at 2947 Defuniak Street, Trinity, on April 1. The new Pasco location is currently the law office of Amanda Colón. Colón will merge her practice into Older Lundy & Alvarez and she will become a part of the firm’s … Read more
Beginning late last week, we all started experiencing something, together, at the same time. This is not a story about what could have been done better, but what is being done right. And you can find what’s being done right by looking to local businesses. We were speaking, in our office, today about how impressed … Read more
For too many years, the Tampa Bay political, business and community organizations did not work collaboratively or effectively in attracting, retaining and supporting business. The cities of Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa, as well as the counties of Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota were virtual competitors if not in name, certainly in fact. It … Read more
