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Politics

Early Voting in Sarasota City Commission Race Ends Saturday

Early voting in the Sarasota City Commission race runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Saturday, March 11.

03/09/2017 By staff

Tourism

Busiest Spring Break Travel Date This Saturday

American tourists' top spring break travel date is this Saturday, according to a review of booked trips published last week by Allianz Global Assistance.

03/09/2017 By staff

Deals

Sarasota Firm Named Property Manager for Former Sarasota Herald-Tribune Headquarters

Ian Black Real Estate was last month named the exclusive property manager for the iconic Sarasota Herald-Tribune building in downtown Sarasota.

03/08/2017 By staff

New hires

Workforce Development Organization Names New Senior Manager

CareerEdge Funders Collaborative recently hired James Cardwell, II as its senior manager of workforce development. Cardwell will help grow initiatives across Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.

03/08/2017 By staff

Honors

Stylists Rank Nationally in Cut, Color, Texture Contest

Yellow Strawberry stylists Kelly Chiesa and Devon Mclaughlin were recently ranked among the top 10 finalists in Intercoiffure America/Canada’s Nouveau Creative Cut, Color and Texture Contest.

03/08/2017 By staff

Tourism

New Company Offers Fitness, Food in Exotic Destinations

Sarasota's Loren Ann Mayo recently founded a new company, luxeFIT, that offers weeklong luxury fitness retreats to exotic destinations.

03/07/2017 By staff

Energy

Air Conditioning Company Posts Videos Highlighting Common Scams

Sean McCutcheon, the owner of Sean McCutcheon’s Air Conditioning and Heating, recently created a website and a series of YouTube videos intended to shine a light on deceptive practices in the air conditioning repair business.

03/07/2017 By staff

Politics

Citizens Group Posts Video of City Commission Forum

STOP!, a citizens’ group advocating changes to Sarasota’s zoning code and project approval process, recently posted full video of its City Commission candidates' forum on YouTube.

03/07/2017 By staff

Finance

New York Federal Reserve President Headlines Financial Literacy Day

Sarasota's Cumberland Advisors is partnering with local colleges to offer a series of speeches and panels during Financial Literacy Day, Thursday, March 30.

03/07/2017 By staff

Honors

'2017 Woman of the Year' Event March 16

The League of Women Voters of Sarasota County recently selected former Sarasota County Commissioner Shannon Staub as the group's 2017 Woman of the Year.

03/07/2017 By staff

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Data

Economist to Offer Economic Outlook Update May 5

The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County is presenting its 14th annual Economic Outlook event with keynote speaker Sean Snaith, the director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness.

03/06/2017 By staff

Design

Landscaping Design Company Picks Up Three Prizes

Venice's ArtisTree Landscape Maintenance & Design recently won three awards recognizing excellence in landscaping.

03/06/2017 By staff

Public Relations

'Upping Your Presentation Game' the Topic at March Luncheon

The local Florida Public Relations Association chapter is hosting a presentation by a communications manager for the broadband and entertainment company Cox Communications on Wednesday, March 15.

03/06/2017 By staff

Hiring

South County Job Fair Wednesday

Sarasota County's Human Resources Department is holding a job fair that caters to south county residents on Wednesday, March 8.

03/03/2017 By staff

Moves

Real Estate Team Joins Longboat Key Office

Realtor Nicki Conway and Conway Associates, which includes Linda Scheller and Gail Runyon, recently joined Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.

03/03/2017 By staff

Deals

Laundry Company Acquires Venice Cleaners

Lakewood Ranch's All Star Laundry & Dry Cleaning recently acquired Carlson Cleaners of Venice.

03/03/2017 By staff

Finance

Class Covers How to Apply for a Business Loan

Manasota SCORE, a business mentoring group, is offering a new workshop, How to Apply for a Small Business Administration Loan.

03/03/2017 By staff

Entertainment

Latin Chamber of Commerce Throwing Cinco De Mayo Party

The Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce is holding its 2017 Cinco De Mayo Festival from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 6.

03/03/2017 By staff

Rolling in Dough

Firenza Wants to Be the Chipotle of Pizza

A Sarasota entrepreneur takes a slice of a growing $46 billion pizza market.

03/03/2017 By David Hackett

Giving

This Week's Good Deeds

Major donations, support for refugees and big book giveaways in this week's roundup of locals giving back.

03/02/2017 By staff

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