News & City Life

Deals

Landscaping Company Purchases Property for New Headquarters

Manatee County's Native Son Landscaping, LLC last month purchased almost 1.7 acres of property for $520,000.

01/26/2017 By staff

Health Care

Parkinson’s Symposium Draws 800-Plus

More than 800 people attended the Neuro Challenge Foundation’s annual symposium on Parkinson’s on Saturday.

01/26/2017 By staff

Construction

Officials Celebrate Groundbreaking on New Tax Collector Facility

Local officials, builders and leaders on Thursday celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Mid-County Tax Collector Office.

01/26/2017 By staff

Giving

This Week's Good Deeds

An upcoming half-marathon and two generous grants in this week's roundup of locals giving back.

01/26/2017 By staff

Stay Safe

Must-Have Insurance Coverage for Small Business

Stay safe and protected with our handy guide.

01/26/2017 By Kevin Allen Illustrations by Victor Juhasz

Education

Community Foundation Scholarship Applications Due March 1

Applications are now open for the Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s scholarship program for traditional students.

01/25/2017 By staff

New hires

Trust Company Names New Operations Associate

Caldwell Trust Company recently hired Dennis Shanahan as an operations associate.

01/25/2017 By staff

Finance

Financial Advisers Partner on New Exchange-Traded Fund

Virtus ETF Solutions, an affiliate of Connecticut's Virtus Investment Partners, recently partnered with Sarasota's Cumberland Advisors to introduce the Virtus Cumberland Municipal Bond ETF.

01/25/2017 By staff

Biz Bites

Biz Bites: Boca Kitchen, Bar and Market

Boca is a new downtown destination for chic locavores.

01/25/2017 By Hannah Wallace

Education

New Business Development Classes Start Jan. 31

The SunTrust Foundation, Wells Fargo, Sarasota County, the City of Sarasota, CareerSource Suncoast and Manasota SCORE are partnering to offer a new series of Introduction to Business Development classes.

01/25/2017 By staff

Deals

Construction Firms Form New Joint Venture

Sarasota's DM Constructors, LLC is forming a new joint venture company with KAST Construction, based in Tampa and West Palm Beach.

01/24/2017 By staff

Transportation

Event Celebrating New Bus Service Transit Station Is Jan. 30

Sarasota County Area Transit is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new transfer station at The Mall at University Town Center at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30.

01/24/2017 By staff

Transportation

Autonomous Transit Vehicle Showcased

The Paris-based public transit company Transdev held an autonomous transit vehicle demonstration at the Mall at University Town Center on Monday.

01/24/2017 By staff

New hires

Homebuilder Picks New Southwest Florida Sales Manager

The homebuilder Ashton Woods recently hired Nicole Reeder Russell as its Southwest Florida general sales manager.

01/24/2017 By staff

Politics

City Commission Candidates Square Off Feb. 2

The Sarasota Tiger Bay Club is hosting a forum for candidates running for the two Sarasota City Commission at-large seats up for grabs in the city's March 14 elections.

01/24/2017 By staff

Tech Tools

5 Steps to Protect Your Data

These steps will safeguard your company and customer data.

01/24/2017 By Kevin Allen

Data

Florida Unemployment Rate Holds Steady

Florida's unemployment rate in December held steady at 4.9 percent, unchanged from November, according to figures released last Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

01/23/2017 By staff

Sports

Atlanta Braves Reps to Discuss Spring Training Relocation Tuesday

Representatives from Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves will attend the next Sarasota County Commission meeting to 'publicly introduce themselves and express their desire to relocate spring training operations to Sarasota County.'

01/23/2017 By staff

Beer

Brewery Taking Over and Converting University Town Center Bar

Sarasota's JDub's Brewing Company last week announced that it will take over the University Town Center World of Beer bar and restaurant.

01/23/2017 By staff

Appointments

Nonprofit Living Center Adds New Board Member

Myron Robinson recently joined the Board of Trustees for the nonprofit Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay.

01/23/2017 By staff