Economic Forecast | Sarasota-Manatee

Interior design,
small business
Angela Rodriguez
Principal interior designer | Space as Art

Company: Rodriguez has ambitious growth plans for 2017, both in geography and in the type of work Space as Art does for clients. On the former, the firm, which works with residential and commercial clients, with a niche in hospitality projects, plans to target clients in Naples for the first time.

The demographics there, says Rodriguez, are similar to Sarasota, where the firm has grown steadily post-recession. On the latter, the firm plans to do more branded environmental design for commercial clients.

That's a more complete way of addressing design, going from the beginning of the project through how employees can improve efficiency with proper design. “Things are really picking up,” says Rodriguez. “We are doing more quality projects, not quantity.”