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Tourism

Visit Sarasota to Unveil New Ad Campaign

Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism promotion agency, will unveil its new advertising campaign, shaped by new market research.

01/13/2017 By staff

Deals

Architect Sells Downtown Office Building

Guy and Cynthia Peterson recently sold the downtown Sarasota office building that houses the Guy Peterson Office for Architecture for $1 million.

01/12/2017 By staff

Giving

This Week's Good Deeds

Month-long celebrations, generous grants and active students in this week's roundup of locals giving back.

01/12/2017 By staff

Education

Life Skills Course Intended to Help Women Grow Professionally

More than 3,000 women have graduated from the Women’s Resource Center's six-day Challenge program.

01/12/2017 By staff

Manufacturing

Car Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Emissions Test Violations

Volkswagen this week agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay $2.8 billion in fines and penalties for cheating on diesel emissions tests.

01/12/2017 By staff

New Business

New Rosemary District Barbershop Opens

The Barber, a new barbershop owned by Francisco Jiménez, opened last week.

01/12/2017 By staff

Finance

Financial Management Firms Merge

Sherrill Wealth Management and Wood Investment Management are merging and will begin operations this month as Shoreline Financial Partners.

01/11/2017 By staff

Honors

Sarasota Franchise Ranked Among Top 500

The Sarasota-based franchise Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers was recently ranked No. 367 in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500.

01/11/2017 By staff

Education

Foundation Becomes Funding Partner for Higher Ed Consortium

The Manatee Community Foundation is joining other local foundations as a funding partner for C4, the Consortium of Colleges on the Creative Coast.

01/11/2017 By staff

Walk This Way

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton Ranks No. 10 in the Country for Pedestrian Danger

And Florida accounts for more pedestrian deaths than any other state.

01/11/2017 By Jasmine Respess

New hires

Economic Development Corporation Hires Enterprise Florida Veteran

The Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation recently appointed Max Stewart to a new position: director of business development.

01/11/2017 By staff

New hires

Sixth-Generation Attorney Joins Sarasota Firm

Elisha Robertson recently joined the Sarasota law firm Kirk-Pinkerton, PA, as an associate attorney.

01/11/2017 By staff

Deals

Sarasota Company Buys Bank Building for $903,000

JDL Bradenton LLC last month purchased the Bank of America building located at 4311 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.

01/11/2017 By staff

Education

Business Peer Group Program Expands

The Exceptional Discipline Generates Excellence (EDGE) Peer Group program, founded by Sarasota's David Kauffman, is expanding this year into other cities around Florida.

01/10/2017 By staff

Deals

Vacant Land Near Airport Sold for $330,000

Myakka City's Tamiami Hoehne LLC recently purchased a 40,511-square-foot vacant commercial parcel located near Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.

01/10/2017 By staff

Planning

Sarasota Area the 10th Most Dangerous for Pedestrians in the Nation

The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan area ranks as the 10th most dangerous region for pedestrians in the country, according to data released Tuesday by Smart Growth America.

01/10/2017 By staff

New hires

Real Estate Attorney Joins Sarasota Firm

Real estate attorney Elizabeth Wexler recently joined Sarasota's Berlin Patten Ebling, PLLC.

01/10/2017 By staff

Tourism

Rowing Mascot Name Contest Enters Final Round

The contest to name the pelican mascot of the 2017 World Rowing Championships concludes Sunday.

01/10/2017 By staff

Education

New Program Supports Technical College Job Training

Recent grants from Goodwill Industries International will enable Goodwill Manasota and Manatee Technical College to present a new program: Community College 101.

01/10/2017 By staff

New hires

Local Lobbyist Picked to Lead Defense Contractor Group

The Florida Defense Contractors Association recently appointed Bradenton's Gene Moran as the group's executive director.

01/09/2017 By staff

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