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Accreditation

Child Protection Center Earns Accreditation from National Children’s Alliance

The National Children’s Alliance awards accredited membership based on compliance with 10 national standards.

08/09/2021 By Staff

Team Sarasota

Here's How Our Sarasota Athletes Did at the Olympics

Emma Weyant and Mary Tucker both won silver medals for swimming and rifle, respectively, and Nelly Korda won the gold medal for women's golf.

08/09/2021 By Emma Lichtenstein

Philanthropy

Tidewell Foundation Receives Grant for Grief Support Program

The $30,000 will go to a program designed to help grieving children and caregivers in Sarasota's Newtown community.

08/06/2021 By Staff

Covid-19

Covid-19 Testing Site Returns to Robert L. Taylor Center

The free walk-up testing site will be available 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

08/06/2021 By Staff

Deals

Venice Restaurant Group Takes Over Siesta Beach Concessions

Venice Pier Group owns Sharky's on the Pier, Fins at Sharky's and Snook Haven.

08/06/2021 By Staff

Data

Economy Adds 943,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.4 Percent

The number of unemployed Americans has declined, but the figure remains higher than it was before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

08/06/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

Williams Parker Elects Three to Partnership

Christa L. Folkers, Tommy E. Gregory and Susan Barrett Hecker have been elected partners, effective immediately.

08/05/2021 By Staff

Politics

Gov. Ron DeSantis Named Sarasota GOP's 'Statesman of the Year'

Previous honorees include Donald Trump, Lindsay Graham, and Dick and Liz Cheney.

08/05/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

Sarasota County EDC Names New CEO

Lisa Krouse, who has been serving in the role in an interim basis since July, has been named to the position.

08/05/2021 By Staff

Education

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Awards Scholarships

This year, WBTT had enough funding to provide eight young people with scholarships of $2,000 each.

08/04/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

Charles D. Hines Joins The Bay Park Conservancy’s Board of Directors

Hines is an attorney who's practiced for more than 30 years and a former Sarasota County commissioner.

08/04/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

Sarasota EDC Names Erin Silk VP of Business Development Services

Silk was promoted to the position after serving as the EDC’s director of business development services for more than two years.

08/04/2021 By Staff

Clean Sweep

Newtown Community Cleanup Set for Aug. 7

The cleanup will take place from 8 a.m.-noon.

08/03/2021 By Staff

Fast Track

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast Hires Four

The foundation also announced several internal promotions.

08/03/2021 By Staff

Bird's Eye View

Ecologist Meg Lowman Will Discuss New Memoir at Bookstore1

Meg Lowman, a.k.a. "Canopy Meg," will talk at a virtual event by Bookstore1 on Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m.

08/03/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Fast Track

Ringling College Appoints New Senior Leadership

Dr. Tracy A. Wagner has been named executive vice-president and Dr. Jason L. Good vice-president for enrollment management and marketing.

08/02/2021 By Staff

Philanthropy

Selby Gardens Receives Fifth $1 Million Gift for Master Plan

The funds come from Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain, who made the gift in memory of Taub's parents, Ethel and Ron Taub.

08/02/2021 By Staff

Rock Out

'Sarasota Rocks' Rock Painting Group Brings Smiles to Locals

The Sarasota Rocks Project has more than 8,000 members on Facebook.

08/02/2021 By Allison Forsyth

Jobs

CareerEdge Fast-Track Trainings Add Ready-to-Work Employees to Local Industries

Ninety-five percent of trainees received job offers at graduation or received a wage increase if they were already employed.

07/30/2021 By Staff

Grants

Women's Resource Center of Manatee Receives $22,000 Grant

The funding will be used for the organization's Project UpLift program.

07/30/2021 By Staff

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