April 25, 2024
Tampa Bay
No Birkenstocks?
The Happy Feet Plus store on U.S. Highway 19 North in Pinellas County is a green oasis tucked into one of the most congested strips of sprawl in Florida.
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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
Park Place
State parks generated more than 16,000 jobs and contributed $813 million to local communities over the past year.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Dual Effort
The University of South Florida College of Engineering and Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach are teaming up to offer a dual bachelor's degree program in math and engineering.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Charters' Place
Over the past eight years, groups across Florida have been starting charter schools at an average rate of about 40 a year. There are now about 370 charter schools in the state.
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Published on 12/1/2006
BALD Clout
While the region's 38 lawmakers comprise 25% of the state Legislature, they have rarely coordinated their various agendas, limiting the group's overall effectiveness.
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Published on 12/1/2006
MacDill Makeover
MacDill Air Force Base unveiled a $300-million renovation project...
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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
Wikia Goes West
Wikia, a for-profit spinoff of the St. Petersburg-based online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is moving to Silicon Valley.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - Nov. 2006
Robert Dutkowsky, Steven A. Raymund, Barb Miller, Craig Geer, Steve Smith, Russ Lake, Tom Tosi, Michael Pacini, Chris Tomasso, Dawn Ladd.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Boom
Hillsborough County has 1.18 million residents. It has grown by 34,210 residents since 2005.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Nov 2006
Citrus County, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Lakeland, Naples, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Made in Florida
On 40th Street in Tampa, just northeast of Ybor City, a microdistillery produces handmade vodka called Touch Vodka from Florida wildflower honey.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Part-Timers
Approximately 1.57% of all residents in the Tampa Bay region are temporary residents, meaning they reside in the area for only one season of the year.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Oct. 2006
Bradenton, Citrus County, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Lakeland, Naples, Pasco County, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Getting Creative
Michelle Bauer co-founded a group called Creative Tampa Bay in 2003 to attract more creative workers to the area and help companies gain a competitive edge through "design thinking."
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Published on 10/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - Oct. 2006
Stephen Knopik, Robert M. Beall II, Joseph Troy, William Ohrt, Douglas Stewart, Stephen Stewart, Carole Ketterhagen.
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Published on 10/1/2006
$1-Million Boost
Fort Lauderdale advertising executive Jordan Zimmerman and his wife, Denise, donated $1 million to the University of South Florida to support the Zimmerman Advertising Program in the School of Mass Communications.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Family and Friends
Oscar J. Horton, Sun State International Trucks, Tampa.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Risk and Reward
The surge in African-American business growth comes with a disclaimer: Much of the new growth reflects an uptick in sole proprietorships -- one-man or one-woman businesses with no other employees.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Results
From my window here at Florida Trend's main office, I can see close to $100-million worth of new investment without using my peripheral vision.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Tampa Bay: Reaching New Heights
High-impact industries drive growth to new heights.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Condo Challenge
As Tampa Bay's real estate market has cooled, the chill has hit some projects harder than others.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - Sept. 2006
Lisa Kaiser Hickey, Douglass Screen Printers; Jeff Heverling, InfiNetwork; Brian Devlin, Trammell Crow.
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Published on 9/1/2006
