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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2019
CEO leaves business organization to become chamber head

Heather Kasten became the CEO and president of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance in 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2019
Sports organization makes slew of personnel moves

Via new hires and promotions, St. Petersburg, Florida-based Minor League Baseball has made several key additions to its leadership team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2019
Major home builder starts 778-acre waterfront lifestyle community

Taylor Morrison plans lakeside-style homes and twin villas in Esplanade Lake Club on Lake Como.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2019
Law firm announces new management roles

Jennifer Compton also assumed the role of managing partner of the Sarasota office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2019
Revamped resort set to make dozens of new hires

The Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, formerly known as the Bay Harbor Hotel & Conference Center, plans to hire more than 60 part-time staff for its WTR Pool & Grill facility in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2019
Nonprofit names for-profit industry veteran to key role

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida promotes vice president of finance to COO.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2019
Firm makes second executive promotion, joining new president

Clickbooth, one of the region’s most established digital marketing firms, promoted Tony Aldarondo to vice president of marketing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2019
Former Congressman joins area law firm

Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, a Republican from Lakeland, has joined the Lakeland, Florida, office of GrayRobinson, a Florida-based law firm that also has offices in Tampa, Fort Myers and Naples.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2019
Regional homebuilder debuts new community

Neal Communities premiers Marquesa Isles in south Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2019
Real estate company moves 110 employees into downtown office

PropLogix has started operating out of an 18,000-square-foot space in Main Plaza.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Former New York hedge fund consultant returns to area, joins investment firm

Skyway Capital Markets, a boutique Tampa, Florida, investment firm, has hired Jake Zwiebel, formerly of Bloomberg, as an investment banking analyst.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
It hurts: car rental giant remains on struggle bus

The latest hit to the Estero-based car rental giant comes from a Jan. 23 article on the popular investor’s blog Seeking Alpha. Titled “Hertz is Driving Down a Hill and the Brake Lines are Cut,”

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Finding kitchens for ugly food

Krazykrops gleans and delivers produce rejected by grocery stores because of their appearance

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Offering a LIFT to aspiring companies

Comcast accepting applications from startups for its NBCUniversal LIFT Laps Accelerator

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Nonprofit wins two awards for market leadership

Goodwill Manasota took home a Market Leadership by Share of Used Goods award for the fifth time.

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