News & City Life

Retail

Paint Retailer Opens Fourth Location

Sarasota’s Benjamin Moore paint retailer recently opened a new store in Lakewood Ranch.

04/05/2017 By staff

Retail

New South Sarasota Grocery Store Opens Wednesday

Sarasota's first Sprouts Farmers Market is scheduled to open to the public at 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 12.

04/05/2017 By staff

Get Moving

Fitness Trackers That Are Smart and Stylish

Fitness trackers measure sleep patterns, calories consumed and just about all daily activity.

04/05/2017 By Jackie Rogers

New hires

Real Estate Firm Picks New Broker Associate

Sarasota's Ian Black Real Estate recently hired Linda Emery.

04/04/2017 By staff

Planning

Neighborhood Groups to Discuss Surplus Lands Monday

The Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations is hosting a town hall on surplus lands policies and how they may be changed.

04/04/2017 By staff

Entertainment

First Ringling College Soundstage Building Opens

Ringling College of Art and Design and Semkhor Productions on Monday opened the first building completed as part of the college's new Ringling Studios Soundstage and Post Production Complex.

04/04/2017 By staff

Data

Florida Ranked the 13th Most 'Stressed' State

The ranking is based on stress levels related to work, money, family, health and safety.

04/04/2017 By staff

Economy

Photos From Financial Literacy Day

Cumberland Advisors and local colleges last week brought in economic experts to discuss fiduciary and trustee roles and responsibilities, women’s financial opportunities and the global economic outlook.

04/04/2017 Photography by Lori Sax

From the Editor

Welcome, David Hackett

We welcome David Hackett as 941CEO's new co-editor.

04/04/2017 By Susan Burns

Economic development

'Florida Companies to Watch' Applications Available

GrowFL, the state of Florida’s 'economic gardening' program, is now accepting applications for its annual Florida Companies to Watch awards program.

04/03/2017 By staff

New hires

Trust Company Picks New Vice President

Venice's Caldwell Trust Company recently hired Tony Blasini as vice president of employee benefits.

04/03/2017 By staff

Real estate

Luxury Condo Building Offers Virtual Reality Tours

The developers behind Blvd, the new 49-unit luxury condo development planned for the corner of Boulevard of the Arts and U.S. 41, recently began offering virtual reality tours of future units.

04/03/2017 By staff

Tourism

122-Bed Lakewood Ranch Hotel Opens

The new Lakewood Ranch Hyatt Place hotel recently opened for business.

04/03/2017 By staff

Tourism

Sarasota County Strikes Deal with Airbnb on Bed Tax Collections

Sarasota County recently reached an agreement with Airbnb that will allow the Sarasota County tax collector to begin reporting, collecting and remitting Tourist Development Tax money on short-term Airbnb rentals.

04/03/2017 By staff