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› How will West Palm Beach spend its $8.1 million federal transportation grant money?
The largely Black Roosevelt Estates community north of Clear Lake in West Palm Beach has, for years, been bedeviled by flooding problems that make navigating local roads difficult after a hard rain. The city has begun work on various projects to solve the problem and on Thursday it received a giant shot in the arm in the form of an $8.1 million transportation grant from the federal government.
› Golf and lifestyle brand to make SWFL debut with pair of locations
Southern California-infused athletic fashion brand TravisMathew is opening a pair of new retail stores in the region, including its debut in the Fort Myers-Naples market. The Fort Myers TravisMathew opened in early July in the Miromar Outlets in Estero, according to a statement. A second store, meanwhile, is coming to The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota, according to the brand’s website.
› Southeastern Grocers introducing new store brand product line
Southeastern Grocers Inc., parent company of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, announced July 6 it is introducing a new store brand product line – Know & Love – designed to offer customers affordable products made with ingredients they “know,” to create the everyday products they’ll “love.”
› Tampa Bay construction manager overcomes political turmoil, language barriers
Maria Escalona was working on the type of project that can only happen in Miami when she got the call that brought her to Tampa. The now 35-year-old project manager for JE Dunn Construction was leading the build out of a high-end independent living facility with bars, beauty salons, game rooms and party rooms. A memory care center was attached. This was a place aimed at Miami’s wealthy, artistic class and had been the kind of project that had helped Escalona prove herself. “It was like a party house, but with a lot of luxury in it,” she says.
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