May 5, 2024
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Blueberry Farm, Packing House Tour
Believe it or not, but Florida, and particularly Polk County, is becoming a hotbed for blueberry farming. Watch a blueberry's path from vine to store in a tour of the Clear Springs facility, narrated by Trend's Amy Keller.
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Published on 8/1/2007
Blueberry Fields Forever
Believe it or not, but Florida, and particularly Polk County, is becoming a hotbed for blueberry farming.
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Published on 8/1/2007
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Aug. 2007
Bradenton, Citrus County, Charlotte County, Collier County, Fort Myers, Lakeland, Naples, Pasco County, Sarasota, Sarasota County, St. Petersburg, Tampa
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Published on 8/1/2007
TV Chopping
Fifteen months after IAC/InterActive Corp. hired former Nike executive Mindy Grossman to pull the HSN out of a sales slump, the St. Petersburg company is still disappointing investors...
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Published on 7/1/2007
Protection
For decades, highly populated areas like Hillsborough County and Pinellas County have operated taxpayer-funded land-buying programs to protect environmentally sensitive lands.
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Published on 6/1/2007
In High Spirits
South Florida-based Spirit Airlines is bringing its own low-cost model to the Caribbean and Latin Markets.
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Published on 5/1/2007
Salty Solution?
Five years and $40 million over budget, the largest desalination plant in North America is finally producing fresh water for the Tampa Bay Region. Its problems have a lot to say about the technology's promise to solve the state's - and the nation's - wate
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Published on 5/1/2007
High-Rise Habitats
The Sarasota chapter of Habitat for Humanity is shifting away from building single-family homes and focusing instead on higher-density town house and condo projects.
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Published on 5/1/2007
Irish Interest
Tampa was one of three U.S. cities a delegation from Belfast visited recently.
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Published on 5/1/2007
Southwest Florida Players - May 2007
Jeff Fuqua, Craig Sher, Ron Wheeler, Sembler Co.; Anand Nallathambi, First Advantage Corp.
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Published on 5/1/2007
SOUTHWEST: New Directions
A booming commercial construction market is supplanting the stagnant residential market.
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Published on 4/1/2007
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - March 2007
Bonita Springs, Bradenton, Charlotte County, Clearwater, Collier County, Fort Myers, Hernando County, Pinellas County, Ssrasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Southwest Florida Players - March 2007
Kitty Green, Fred Pezeshkan, John Pinholster, P. Thomas Abraham, Dale Dignum, Fred McClure, Sarah S. Rogers.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Accelerating Sales
Six years ago, Mike Harley took a gamble on the internet. As president of Payless Car Rental, he ramped up internet advertising and watched as his discount car rental business blossomed into a real competitor.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Drawing Board
Under former Mayor Dick Greco, Tampa began planning a facility to replace the 22-year-old Tampa Museum of Art.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Leading by Example: Sustainable Sarasota
Sarasota County Commissioner Shannon Staub does not, at first glance, look like she'd be Florida's most aggressive elected leader on sustainability issues.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Southwest Florida Players - Feb. 2007
Betty Castor, Laura Spencer, Rex Burr, Frank Hay, Mary Kay Johnson, Brian Lamb, Chris Steinocher, Karen Raihill, Jennifer Taylor.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Feb. 2007
Citrus County, Clearwater, Collier County, Fort Myers, Hernando County, Hendry County, Hillsborough County, Lakeland, Pinellas County, Polk County, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Northwest Florida Business Briefs - Jan. 2007
Bay County, Madison County, Tallahassee, Walton County.
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Published on 1/1/2007
Southwest Florida Players - Jan. 2007
USF President Judy Genshaft. Patricia Yanovitch of Amscot Financial.
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Published on 1/1/2007
Southwest Business Briefs - Jan. 2007
Charlotte County, Fort Myers, Lee County, Naples, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 1/1/2007
New Heights
In 2005, St. Pete Beach adopted a land-use plan that increased the height limit for hotels from five to 15 stories and increased the density to 90 units per acre.
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Published on 1/1/2007
OSI Restaurant Partners Goes Private
OSI Restaurant Partners, parent company of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill and six other chains, is going private.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Dec. 2006
Charlotte County, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Hernando County, Naples, Pasco County, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Business Beat - Week of May 3rd
