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  • October 12, 2018
Taking credit

Pioneering credit union Achieva acquires Preferred Community Bank of Lee County.

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  • October 12, 2018
Flap over FPL

MEP Coalition for Fair Competition asks state to investigate FPL and FPL Energy Services, claiming utility uses public assets to boost for-profit contracting business.

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  • October 11, 2018
Affordable housing champion, businessman Harvey Vengroff dies

Harvey Vengroff, described by those who knew him well as a near-perfect case of a life well lived, died Oct. 11.

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  • October 11, 2018
Popular restaurant unveils new look

Tableseide Restaurant Group also shared a new logo for Libby’s Neighborhood Brasserie.

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  • October 11, 2018
Credit union unveils high-tech expansion

Suncoast Credit Union employees have begun moving into the company’s new 107,000-square-foot administration building east of downtown Tampa, Florida.

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  • October 11, 2018
Eye doctor on a mission to Honduras

Dr. Klaus Freeland of Snead Eye Group to perform ophthalmological on underserved village residents.

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  • October 10, 2018
Prominent attorney to step down from firm

Law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will bid farewell to Rhea Law, shareholder and chairwoman of the firm’s Florida offices, at the end of the year.

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  • October 10, 2018
Development company recruits new officer from Pulte

Seagate Development Group taps Mike Meeks as chief operating officer, was regional vice president of national homebuilder.

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  • October 9, 2018
Area business leaders celebrate nonprofit success

The Cape Coral Community Foundation held the Excellence in Nonprofit Performance Yearly Awards (ENPYs) Oct. 9. The awards showcase excellence in nonprofit performance by recognizing top executive directors, key staff, board members, volunteers and others.

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  • October 9, 2018
Orlando-based sushi chain expands to area

Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi, an Orlando-based chain of quick-casual pan-Asian restaurants, has opened its first location in the Tampa Bay area, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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  • October 9, 2018
Florida District of Kiwanis elects new governor

Stephen LeBlanc of Naples will head one of the nation’s largest Kiwanis districts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 8, 2018
Group for lawyers gets new president

he Sarasota County Bar Association named area real estate attorney Nancy Cason president. Cason is a partner at Syprett, Meshad, Resnick, Lieb, Dumbaugh, Jones, Krotec & Westheimer, P.A., according to a statement. She will oversee an organization with

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  • October 8, 2018
Area sets record for tourism revenue, posting 11% increase

Hillsborough County, Florida, collected nearly $34 million in revenue from the tourist development tax, also known as the bed tax, during the budget year that ended Sept. 30.

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  • October 8, 2018
Lucky's Market to open new store in Naples

Lucky's Market will open a new store in the Naples Promenade shopping center in Naples that had been occupied by Wild Oats, another organic grocery chain acquired by Whole Foods.

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  • October 6, 2018
Global art guru moves into area with new offering

Marlissa Gardner founded Emillions five years ago.

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