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  • Mark Gordon
  • June 5, 2025
Mental health text service extends reach in Charlotte, Pasco schools

Cope Notes works through micro-interventions

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Eric Garwood
  • June 4, 2025
Congressman donates $1M to Longboat library project, gets naming rights

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan since 2007 has donated $1 million to the project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 4, 2025
Fort Myers company sponsors 2 Minor League Baseball teams

The Bradenton Marauders and Fort Myers Mighty Mussels have a new corporate sponsor.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 4, 2025
Venice retail plaza sells off-market for $3.5M

Summit Plaza on South Tamiami Trail was fully leased when it was sold.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 4, 2025
Sarasota company expands self-storage footprint to Florida’s East Coast

Baldwin-Howell Properties purchased property in West Palm Beach for a Class A self-storage facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 4, 2025
More St. Pete layoffs after Trump administration cuts youth jobs program

The U.S. Department of Labor has paused Job Corps centers operations nationally leading to the shuttering of a St. Petersburg center and the layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 4, 2025
$52M roofing business names two new C-Suite leaders

Tampa-based Westfall Roofing promoted a pair of executives.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 4, 2025
Sarasota office building — with a twist — listed for nearly $4M

The property is just off Tamiami Trail and comes with a second rental property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2025
Tampa Starbucks employees want vote to join union

The employees at a shop in Carrollwood are seeking permission to hold a vote on unionization.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 3, 2025
Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce names CEO

Sarah Firstenberger has been named CEO of the nonprofit that promotes businesses and organizations on Siesta Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2025
Funding cuts to youth jobs program leads to 120 layoffs in St. Pete

The U.S. Department of Labor has paused Job Corps centers operations nationally leading to the shuttering of a St. Petersburg center and the layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 3, 2025
Nearly $100M in affordable housing projects set for Lee, Pasco counties

Two affordable housing apartment communities are coming to Fort Myers and Hudson from Miami-based developer McDowell Housing Partners.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 3, 2025
Sarasota County commits $4.5M to promote Senior PGA Championship

The major tournament coming to The Concession for three years, beginning in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 3, 2025
Red Sox spring training stadium to get new seats in $2.6M project

The seats in 13-year-old Fort Myers stadium JetBlue Park, say officials, are "sun-bleached and becoming brittle."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2025
Burrito chain to open 7 new locations in Tampa Bay

Georgia-based Barberitos is expanding its footprint in the state with the new additions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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