Recreation

TreeUmph! Grows

TreeUmph! Adventure Course, which opened its first location in Bradenton in 2013, is expanding into Pinellas County.

07/26/2016 Research by staff

Health care

Grant Intended to Help Develop Local Health and Life Sciences Industry

The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County was recently awarded a $25,000 grant by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation to foster and nurture the development of the region’s health and life sciences sector.

07/26/2016 Research by staff

Transportation

Frontier Airlines to Begin Nonstop Service From Punta Gorda

Frontier Airlines will begin nonstop flights from Punta Gorda Airport to Chicago, Philadelphia and Trenton, New Jersey, in late October.

07/26/2016 Research by staff

Honors

Sarasota Architectural Photographer Wins Award

Ryan Gamma was recently awarded the prestigious Honor Award of Excellence for Photographer of the Year.

07/26/2016 Research by staff

Appointments

Waste Management Manager Joins Recycle Florida Today Board

Waste Management public sector solutions manager Stephanie Kissinger was recently elected to the Recycle Florida Today Board of Directors.

07/25/2016 Research by staff

Urban planning

Survey Finds Americans Want Transit-Friendly Development

Seventy-three percent of Americans would support changes in land use or zoning regulations that encourage transit-oriented development, according to a national public opinion survey conducted by HNTB Corporation.

07/25/2016 Research by staff

Health care

Buchanan Asks for Federal Money to Fight Heroin Abuse

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, asked federal officials on Monday for immediate aid to confront the region's recent surge of heroin-related overdoses.

07/25/2016 Research by staff

Government

County Considers Changes to Mowing Rules

Sarasota County is proposing changes to mowing service in residential areas within the county's urban service boundary and will host two informational meetings on the changes this week.

07/25/2016 Research by staff

Design

Patriot Plaza Places Third in People's Choice Architecture Competition

Patriot Plaza at Sarasota National Cemetery was voted as one of the state's top three buildings in The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects' 2016 People’s Choice Competition.

07/25/2016 Research by staff

Appointments

ALSO Youth Adds Four to Board of Directors

ALSO Youth, a Sarasota nonprofit organization that provides advocacy, leadership, support and outreach to LGBTQ youth and their allies, recently added four new members to its Board of Directors.

07/22/2016 Research by staff

Data

Statewide Unemployment Rate Steady

Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent between May and June, according to figures released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

07/22/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Two Join Cumberland Advisors

Patricia Healy recently joined Cumberland Advisors as the firm's senior vice president of research and portfolio manager, and Kimberly Douglas joined Cumberland as a compliance officer.

07/22/2016 Research by staff

New hires

Ringling College Hires New Philanthropy VP

Ringling College of Art and Design recently hired Terry Marks as the college's assistant vice president of strategic philanthropy for the Office of Advancement.

07/22/2016 Research by staff

Environment

Jupiter Company Completes Longboat Key Sand Deliveries

Stewart Materials has successfully supplied 307,000 tons of custom beach sand to Longboat Key as part of the town's beach renourishment project, completing its work two months ahead of schedule.

07/22/2016 Research by staff