Events

Manatee Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Small Business Week

Throughout the week, the Chamber will highlight the impact small businesses have on the area's economy and community.

04/27/2018 By Staff

Environment

Bay Seagrass Survey Takes Place May 5

Registered volunteers will take to the waters in and around Sarasota Bay to count and identify seagrass species.

04/26/2018 By Staff

Media

Workshop Helps Business Leaders Prep for Video Shoots

Media trainer Joan Lowery is offering a free workshop to help business leaders optimize their video messaging.

04/26/2018 By Staff

Nonprofits

Meals on Wheels Honors Longtime Volunteers

Founded in 1971, the nonprofit serves roughly 160,000 meals a year to homebound seniors, veterans and the mentally and physically handicapped.

04/26/2018 By Staff

Preview

Gauguin Exhibit Headed to Selby Gardens

The show, opening next February, will feature woodcuts and rarely seen works by Paul Gauguin.

04/26/2018 By Kay Kipling

Tourism

New Tour to Highlight Luxurious Charter Jet

Sarasota's Admiral Travel International next year will host a private flight on the world’s largest charter jet, the Boeing 777-200LR Crystal Skye.

04/26/2018 By Staff

Health care

Nonprofit Grades Hospitals on Patient Safety

Three local hospitals received 'A' grades, two received 'C' grades and one received a 'B.'

04/26/2018 By Staff

Best of Sarasota 2018

Best New Food and Drink

Here's what we ate, drank and loved this year.

04/26/2018 Photography by Staff

Health care

Company Begins Offering Mobile Cryotherapy Treatments

Sarasota's Hydr8 Wellness Centers recently opened a new mobile cryotherapy unit offering whole body cryotherapy around the region.

04/25/2018 By Staff

New hires

Real Estate Company Names New Commercial Property Management President

LandQwest Commercial, a real estate firm that works throughout Southwest Florida, recently promoted Mary Gentile.

04/25/2018 By Staff

Openings

New Business Coaching Agency Launches

Jaime Marco recently launched Evolve Business Consulting, a Manatee County-based business coaching and customer service training agency.

04/25/2018 By Staff

Finance

Bank to Pay $1 Billion in Federal Penalties

Wells Fargo agreed last week to pay $1 billion in federal penalties for violating consumer protection laws with its auto loan and mortgage lending practices.

04/25/2018 By Staff

Growth

Manufacturer Expands Miami Operations

North Venice's PGT Innovations, which makes impact-resistant doors and windows, recently opened two new facilities in the Miami area.

04/25/2018 By Staff

Planning

Traffic and Roundabouts the Topics at Upcoming Community Forum

The Sarasota Tiger Bay Club is hosting a panel discussion about traffic and roundabouts in the area from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 3.

04/24/2018 By Staff

Arts

Career Coach Updates Book Offering Career Advice for Artists

Caroll Michels recently published the seventh edition of How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul.

04/24/2018 By Staff

Data

Hospital Named One of the World's Top Workplaces

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System recently became one of just 39 organizations to win Gallup’s global Great Workplace Award.

04/24/2018 By Staff

Services

Spa Franchise Coming to Sarasota

Sirius Day Spa recently struck a three-store development deal with a Lakewood Ranch couple.

04/24/2018 By Staff

Construction

Church Unveils New Multi-Use Building

Church of the Palms recently celebrated the completion of its new 14,000-square-foot Palms Center.

04/24/2018 By Staff

Health care

New Partnership Aims to Improve Prenatal Care, Early Childhood Services

Thirty-two nonprofits, foundations and health care agencies recently launched a new initiative, First 1,000 Days Sarasota County.

04/23/2018 By Staff

Real estate

Sales of Single-Family Homes Down

Sales in both Sarasota and Manatee counties declined in March when compared to sales in March 2017.

04/23/2018 By Staff