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  • Elizabeth King
  • August 27, 2025
Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County names new CEO

Alison Fraga will join the ELC of Sarasota County in late September.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 27, 2025
Tampa church leader arrested in forced labor, money laundering case

David Taylor, 53, and Michelle Brannon, 56, were arrested Wednesday on a ten-count indictment. Brannon is connected to a Tampa residential property worth nearly $10 million.

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  • August 27, 2025
Cape Coral casino crackdown nets $540K, police say

Police raided six Cape Coral casinos that authorities say were "havens for illegal activity."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 27, 2025
Pair pleads guilty in $150K MacDill Air Force Base kickback scheme

A government employee and a contractor at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from the intramural sports program over a 15-year period.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • August 27, 2025
Sarasota gym leaving Mira Mar building for new downtown location

Jefferson Fit will open a new center in October across from Sprouts Farmers Market between Main Street and Fruitville Road.

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  • August 26, 2025
Former USF President gifts $200,000 to Tampa Bay EDC

The money comes from former USF President Judy Genshaft's family Genspiration Foundation and will be used to launch a new internship program.

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  • Elizabeth King
  • August 26, 2025
2 Tervis veterans buy Osprey store

The retail shop on U.S. 41 is owned by the former Tervis CEO and part of the founding family of the Tervis brand.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 26, 2025
DeSantis touts $1.3B investment in Tampa Bay transportation

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised a $1.3 billion investment in transportation infrastructure projects in the Tampa Bay region, funding the Howard Frankland Bridge and a major Pinellas County expansion of I-275.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 25, 2025
PGA Tour World Champions Cup returns to Tampa Bay

The World Champions Cup, the PGA Tour Champions’ global teams golf competition, will take place at Clearwater's Feather Sound Country Club from Dec. 4-7.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • August 25, 2025
Oak & Stone plans to open Cape Coral restaurant

The gourmet tavern will be the eighth restaurant for the brand on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Elizabeth King
  • August 25, 2025
Prominent real estate group joins Douglas Elliman in Sarasota

A Sarasota-Manatee real estate firm is now part of a national brokerage that is expanding its western Florida presence.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 25, 2025
St. Petersburg rehabilitation hospital names new CEO

Molly Arau, 55, has been appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg, which is expected to open to patients in October.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • August 24, 2025
Two Sarasota properties sold for redevelopment see 600%, 700% price increases

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Southwest Florida builder is busy, a Tampa Starbucks sells, and a Fort Myers parcel to be redeveloped.

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  • August 23, 2025
Michigan firm acquires Naples senior living facility

Redico has bought the 128-unit Amira Choice center on Bellaire Bay Drive as it expands in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Louis Llovio
  • August 23, 2025
Vacant Fort Myers land sold for potential industrial development

The buyer, R.B.E. Investments of Southwest Florida, paid $550,000 for the property on Tamiami Trail.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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