May 23, 2013
Southwest
More Legroom
Florida Gulf Coast University is planning to acquire property at the corner of U.S. 41 and Goodlette-Frank Road to build a 50,000-sq.-ft. classroom building.
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Published on 8/1/2005
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Aug. 2005
Clearwater, Collier County, Fort Myers, Hillsborough County, Lakeland, Manatee County, Naples, Palmetto, Pasco County, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 8/1/2005
Resurgence
Just two years ago, it was as impossible to catch a movie in downtown Orlando as it was for a downtown worker in St. Petersburg to go grocery shopping on her lunch break. Today, in those cities and others across Florida the downtown has infrastructure of
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Published on 8/1/2005
For Sale
The 91,000-acre swath of swamp and prairie that Edward Vose "E.V." Babcock bought in 1919 is today the only unbroken avenue of undeveloped land between Lake Okeechobee in the east and Charlotte Harbor on the Gulf Coast.
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Published on 8/1/2005
Southwest Florida In the News - July 2005
News from Bradenton/Sarasota, Fort Myers, Lakeland, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Wesley Chapel.
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Published on 7/1/2005
The 'Right Direction'
Seven years ago, an Avon Park youth detention facility decided to teach troubled teens home-building skills in order to make them productive citizens.
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Published on 7/1/2005
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - June 2005
Bradenton, Clearwater, Collier County, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tampa Bay.
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Published on 6/1/2005
Rethinking the Beachfront
Developers have proposed tearing down at least three Fort Myers Beach hotels damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Charley and replacing them with a public park, a four-star hotel, a boardwalk and a new street.
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Published on 6/1/2005
Growing Concern
Nearly 40 years ago, Barbara Mainster and her late husband, Wendell N. Rollason, moved to Miami to create the Redlands Christian Migrant Association to take migrant farmworkers' children out of the fields and into the classroom.
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Published on 6/1/2005
Southwest/Tampa Bay In the News - May 2005
News of Clearwater, Fort Myers, Manatee County, Osprey, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tampa Bay.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Price Points
Tampa Bay's bedroom communities now extend all the way to Hernando County.
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Published on 5/1/2005
A Housing Surge
Two kinds of workers are particularly in demand in Southwest Florida: Service sector employees and construction workers needed to meet the demand created by a housing boom.
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Published on 4/1/2005
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - March 2005
Belleair, Cape Coral, Gulfport, Hillsborough County, Lakeland, Manatee County, Southwest Florida, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tarpon Springs.
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Published on 3/1/2005
Downtown Oasis
Downtown Fort Myers bustles with activity each weekday, with some 8,500 workers commuting to work from the suburbs. But there's little night life, and past efforts to revitalize the city's center never took off.
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Published on 3/1/2005
Southwest/Tampa Bay In the News - Feb. 2005
News from Bartow, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Hillsborough County, Naples, Polk County, Safety Harbor, Sarasota, Tampa, Tampa Bay, Trinity.
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Published on 2/1/2005
Income: Buying Power
The Tampa metro area is projected to be second only to Atlanta in the Southeast when it comes to buying power.
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Published on 12/1/2004
Southwest Business Briefs - Dec. 2004
Clearwater Beach, Collier County, Manatee County, Naples, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Venice.
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Published on 12/1/2004
A Different Direction
Women find a thriving environment as business owners in Tampa Bay.
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Published on 12/1/2004
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Nov. 2004
Tampa Bay, Charles Rutenberg
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Published on 11/1/2004
