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

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

New Attorney Joins Sarasota Firm's Tax Department

Alisa French recently joined the Tax Department of the Sarasota law firm Fergeson, Skipper, Shaw, Keyser, Baron & Tirabassi, P.A., as an associate attorney.

01/09/2017 By staff

Construction

South Manatee County Condo and Marina Details Announced

The project will include four condominium buildings with up to seven stories and 212 units and a private yacht club and marina with up to 132 boat slips.

01/09/2017 By staff

New hires

Senior Living Center Names Interim CEO

Aviva: A Campus for Senior Life has named Jay Solomon as its interim chief executive officer.

01/06/2017 By staff

Transportation

County to Offer Rebates for New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Sarasota County is launching a program to boost the number of local electric vehicle charging stations.

01/06/2017 By staff

Health care

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Picks Chief of Surgery

Sarasota Orthopedic Associates spine surgeon Andrew Moulton, M.D., was recently named chief of surgery at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

01/06/2017 By staff

Politics

Town Hall Lecture Series Tickets Go on Sale Monday

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan are among the speakers who will appear.

01/06/2017 By staff

Data

Wages Up in 2016

The American economy added 156,000 new jobs in the month of December, continuing a record streak of 75 consecutive months of job growth.

01/06/2017 By staff

New hires

Jewish Family and Children's Service Picks New CEO

Jewish Family and Children’s Service of the Suncoast, Inc. recently selected Heidi Brown as its new CEO.

01/05/2017 By staff