News & City Life

New Business Team

CBIZ Insurance Services in Sarasota Hires Execs

Local team heads up new office.

10/20/2016 By staff

Company Expansion

Hartwell Capitol Consulting to Open Office in Dubai

Manatee business and tech firm expands global presence.

10/20/2016 By staff

Real Estate

Home Sales and Prices Up

Sarasota and Manatee residential sales reported for September 2016.

10/20/2016 By staff

Happy Days

What It’s Like to Live in the Happiest Place on Earth

Sarasota native Sophie Hollingsworth has spent the past two months in the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, consistently named one of the happiest places on the planet.

10/20/2016 By Megan McDonald

Tourism Beat

Visitor Bureaus are Creating Strategies to Ease Drive Time in Season

Think traffic in Sarasota and Manatee counties gets worse every year? You’re not wrong.

10/20/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Unplugged

What Do Working Women Really Want?

Eight high-powered women put down their smartphones and pair up for candid conversations.

10/20/2016 By Susan Burns and Sylvia Whitman Photography by Matt Holler

Be Inspired

Tune In With Our 2016 Greater Good Winners

iHeart Media Is Broadcasting Interviews with 941CEO’s Inspiring Business Philanthropists.

10/19/2016 By staff

Board Room

Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization Board Forms

The Board will oversee the creation of a master plan for city-owned land on Sarasota’s bayfront.

10/19/2016 By staff

Addy Awards

Attend the TACOGEDDON

AdFed Suncoast kicks off its annual advertising competition.

10/19/2016 By staff

Startup News

The HuB Is Moving

Rich Swier Jr. to relocate his start-up incubator while Jesse Biter Starts his own.

10/19/2016 By staff

Fresh Squeezed

Tropicana Development Plan Approved

The company's Bradenton plant received approval for future growth.

10/18/2016 By staff

Accolades

Sarasota Among Best Small Cities

Conde Nast Traveler names the 15 best small cities in the U.S.

10/18/2016 By staff

Applause

Conde Nast Traveler Ranks Sarasota One of the Best Small Cities in the U.S.

But we already knew that, right?

10/18/2016 By Riley Board

Election Alert

Early Voting Starts in Sarasota County Monday, Oct. 24

Seven early-voting polling locations are located throughout the county.

10/18/2016 By Staff

You Do What?

Tony Brezel Breeds and Trains West German Shepherds

The dogs are bred from a line of champions and sold to dog lovers all over the world.

10/18/2016 By Ilene Denton

Construction

Construction Litigation the Topic of Oct. 28 Lunch Panel

The Gulf Coast Builders Xchange is hosting a lunch panel titled 'Learn From the Past, Plan for Your Future' on Friday, Oct. 28.

10/17/2016 Research by staff

Deals

Industrial Building Sells for Just Under $1.3 Million

The Naples company 1734 Northgate, LLC recently purchased a 13,256-square-foot industrial building for just under $1.3 million.

10/17/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Gulf Coast Foundation Makes Two Hires

Hermione Gilpin recently joined the Gulf Coast Community Foundation as a philanthropic advisor, and Gulf Coast also recently hired Samantha Eplin as its new office manager.

10/17/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Three Executives Chosen to Lead New Insurance Practice

CBIZ last week named three professionals to lead the new CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc. practice in Sarasota: Keith Mercier, Patrick Wright and Matthew Mercier.

10/17/2016 Research by staff

Greater Good Awards

Meet Our 2016 Greater Good Awards Winners

Announcing our champions of corporate giving.

10/17/2016 By Susan Burns, Ilene Denton, and Sylvia Whitman Photography by Salvatore Brancifort