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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2003
Navigating the Government

Government regulators advise business owners to do their homework and enlist expert assistance to get through the maze of permitting. You can't do it alone.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 18, 2011
Rail rejection shows Scott means what he says

He's not a politician. Hallelujah!

  • Opinion
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 9, 2016
Trash into treasure

Tony Selvaggio started his business as a scrap metal recycling company. Now it's a thriving do-good venture.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Mark Hindley, 32

Vice President, Treasury Management Officer, IberiaBank

  • Class of 2014
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  • By James R. |
  • May 29, 2015
What is your unique selling proposition?

It may sound complicated, but it's not. This one statement can help your company solidify what makes it stand apart from its competition.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brad Hobbs |
  • August 28, 2015
My View | Baptists and Bootleggers

Large businesses and regulatory agencies often portray regulations on a moral ground. Truth is, more regulations often protect their advantages and give them more power.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2022
The David and Jerri Hoffmann story: From no hot water to 2,000 employees

Couple were keynote speakers at 2022 NextGen Speaker Series kickoff event.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
Coffee Talk

Tampa entrepreneur sees houses move: The slowdown in the housing market has been reported nationally, but one Tampa company has found a niche in that industry and is seeing signs of a potential turnaround.Eastern Europeans look to Florida: When various marketing and branding gurus on the Gulf Coast coined a version of the 'Time to Buy' slogan for the struggling real estate market last year, they were mostly targeting Floridians.Lee foreclosures hit 1-in-33 households: RealtyTrac, the firm that tracks foreclosures nationwide, recently issued a report ranking metro areas with the steepest rates of foreclosures in the first quarter.Ms. Baugh goes to Washington: Vanessa Baugh, a Lakewood Ranch jewelry store owner who sometimes serves as the unofficial spokeswoman for small businesses in Sarasota and Manatee counties, is used to getting phone calls for help, sometimes even desperate ones.Bradenton bank losses one executive, gains another: Gerry Anthony, one of the grandfathers of community banking in Manatee County, is retiring from his position as chief executive of Bradenton-based Freedom Bank.Software back-ups can cost a little and save a lot: Through last year, former IT professional Dave Miller was running Westcoasthost.com, a successful St. Petersburg-based Web hosting business.Recruiter narrows the executive job search: The growing numbers of unemployed managers, supervisors and executives on the Gulf Coast and Florida could b

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 6, 2025
Sarasota County approves $2.5M for park on Phillippi Creek

With a 2.4-acre acquisition, the project will create a park with water access on Ashton Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Corporate Report

HMA sells interest in seven hospitalsDigital marketing firm opens Tampa officeBrown & Brownbuys assets of Calif. firmOil, gas energy firm buys Utek subsidiarySpain drops some claims to Odyssey's Black SwanShells Seafood Restaurants back New York CEO

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 16, 2018
Taking Flight

Tampa International Airport's expansion will include one of the first new office buildings in the Westshore area in a decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Riverwalk nears completion: A longtime vision in Tampa, linking the downtown via a riverwalk, is getting closer to completion.USGS dedicates building: The U.S. Geological Survey recently celebrated the dedication of its newest building in St. Petersburg, an 11,400-square-foot facility with six state-of-the-art labs, a dive locker and 12 offices.Tax increase delayed: Sarasota County commissioners has agreed to postpone a planned increase in a new-construction tax of almost 50% for at least one year.Project lives on: The Sarasota City commission narrowly approved a change to the city's land-use rules, a key victory for a developer seeking to build a mixed-use project just south of downtown Sarasota.Popular festival canceled: The Sarasota Reading Festival, a popular annual event that brings several noted writers to the area every November, is the latest victim of the soft economy.County cuts jobs: A drop in new construction and development in Collier County has forced county government officials there to trim another nine jobs.Passenger traffic rises: More than 1 million passengers passed through Southwest Florida International Airport in March.First Florida now Synovus: Naples-based First Florida Bank is now officially part of Synovus Financial Corp

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
National RV Communities buys Marco Naples Hitching Post

The price equated to $17,705 per site.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 9, 2017
News-Press site hits market for $8.5 million

Gannett Co., owner of the News-Press in Fort Myers, has put the newspaper's current site on the market for $8.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 13, 2024
Lakewood Ranch community under development reports $227.5M in sales

Wild Blue at Waterside has sold 134 homes or home sites at its lakefront community in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • February 18, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

Sarasota Community Center renamed for community leaderWoodruff and Sons Inc. receives $3.4 million contractMCC faculty team wins leadership awardHarris selected to Homeland Security Committee

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
Louie Louie: Prominent restaurateurs seek success, again

Sarasota economic development officials and business leaders have long lamented the fact that downtown Sarasota doesn't have a convention center.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 12, 2021
Developer walks away from SMH rights deal

Miami developer PMG had contracted to acquire Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s residential development rights in Sarasota, but backed out before closing.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2017
Braves choose Sarasota for spring training

Team could move its spring training to North Port by 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 29, 2025
Lee nonprofit breaks ground on $50M food bank

The project will double capacity at the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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