Corporate Report: February 8

City reappoints Blalock Walters as Palmetto city attorney
The Bradenton-based law firm Blalock Walters PA has been reappointed as city attorney for the City of Palmetto. Mark Barnebey and Scott Rudacille are the principal attorneys serving the city. The firm has worked for the city for the past four years.

Barnebey was previously the chief assistant county attorney for Manatee County and has served as attorney to the School Board of Manatee County. Blalock Walters represents a number of local government entities along the west coast of Florida.

U.S. Transit Administration grant awarded to Tampa training program
The Federal Transit Administration's Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program awarded a $234,281 grant to the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa Inc. (CDC of Tampa) for a recruitment and training partnership with Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART). The partnership is being called “Meeting Today's and Tomorrow's Job Needs in Mass Transit” and is focused on helping to recruit, train and employ up to 30 people for transit operations and maintenance worker jobs.