April 19, 2024
Tampa Bay
Community Portrait: St. Petersburg & Clearwater
More than just gathering data, we're trying to capture elements that make each community distinctive.
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Published on 1/4/2006
Southwest Florida Players - Jan. 2006
Andrew Friedman, Gerry Hunsicker, Terry Turner, James Goehler, John James, William Furst, Jenny "Dian" Adams, Cathleen Allman, Theresa Schefstad.
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Published on 1/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Jan. 2006
Clearwater, Collier & Lee Counties, Fort Myers, Manatee County, Sarasota County, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 1/1/2006
Elderly Snapshot
About 27% (269,598) of Pinellas County's population is over age 60, including 114,098 men and 155,500 women.
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Published on 1/1/2006
Coke Isn't It
Pinellas County commissioners cut a deal with Pepsi that gives the cola giant exclusive rights to sell its products at all county facilities, parks and beach access points.
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Published on 1/1/2006
Brain Health
Engaging in "complex work" may reduce your risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease,
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Published on 1/1/2006
Vaulting Into the Hall
The happenings that are Heilman's vaulted straight into the Golden Spoon Hall of Fame this year.
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Published on 1/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Dec. 2005
Charlotte County, Dunedin, Fort Myers, Manatee County, Naples, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 12/1/2005
Southwest/Tampa Bay In the News - Nov. 2005
News from Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Charlotte/Lee Counties, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Naples, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 11/1/2005
Selling Patients
For years, Ira Warder, a law enforcement lieutenant with the Florida Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud, heard stories of so-called "patient brokering" schemes -- a crime in which automobile accident victims are bought and sold
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Published on 11/1/2005
Southwest/Tampa Bay In the News - Oct. 2005
News from Sarasota, cape Coral, Clearwater, Collier County, Lakeland, Largo, Naples, Oldsmar, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 10/1/2005
Fueling An Interest
While Florida ranks third in the nation in gasoline consumption, it's one of only 14 states where drivers can't choose a cleaner-burning and cheaper mix of gasoline and ethanol.
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Published on 10/1/2005
Southwest/Tampa Bay In the News - Sept. 2005
News from Clearwater, Collier County, Fort Myers, Naples, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 9/1/2005
Coming Clean
In 1999, Tampa Electric's "dirty dinosaurs" were working overtime to feed the energy demands of a booming Hillsborough County.
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Published on 9/1/2005
Whodunnit? Who Knows?
For sheer weirdness, it will be very hard to top a Judicial Qualifications Commission investigation that concluded this summer. The case is linked to dark allegations that have swirled about the Hillsborough County courthouse for years.
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Published on 9/1/2005
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
A Tale of Two Online Entrepreneurs
A Clearwater-based electronic trading network has ridden innovation and regulatory changes to success, and a Plantation-based outfit has capitalized on a niche market of heavy traders who want the same tools as big brokers.
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Published on 8/1/2005
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
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
No Shortage of Jobs
Several high-profile job losses grabbed headlines last year in Tampa Bay, but business leaders say the region continues to generate jobs at a heady clip.
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Published on 4/1/2005
Pay Protest
Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida, is now the second-highest paid university president in the state after the school's board raised her salary by 5% to $342,720 and awarded her a $35,000 bonus.
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Published on 3/1/2005
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
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
Alternatives
Pinellas joins Orange and Bay counties in hiring a private company to deal with disruptive students.
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Published on 2/1/2005
