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  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 10, 2009
Government Digest 12/11/09

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • April 19, 2012
Capitol Chatter: April 20

Tax Watch Turkeys, vetoed budget items, PIP returns, and the vote for gambling.

  • Florida
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  • June 21, 2021
Guy King III, business leader, philanthropist and mentor, dies

Tampa business man remembered for being leader in the community and stepping in to solve problems.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2021
International hotelier has big plans for lot with a long history of big plans

Long-vacant lot in Tampa to become site of luxury hotel and condominium development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 2, 2020
Entrepreneurs take long view in running one boutique resort, selling another

After four decades in the boutique resort business, a pair of entrepreneurial siblings believe they have the right amount of resilience to outlast the pandemic.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 10, 2020
Area bath, body and beauty goods company grows to offer several products

Lolablue sells to customers around the country. An opportunity with Whole Foods could increase its sales and exposure in a big way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 25, 2020
Ad agency owner delivers confidence in a tough time

Peggy Wilson discovers that in a difficult and complicated environment, going deeper, and doing more, for every client is always a winning strategy.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 21, 2020
Entrepreneur creates surprise-and-delight shirt business

Sara O’Brien’s yearn for creativity led to a trendy business making and selling shirts with funky phrases. One mantra: Never quit. ‘If you just keep going,’ she says, ‘the energy eventually shifts.’

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 21, 2020
Cookie entrepreneur focuses on customer service

Cindy Unzicker makes and sells cookies with her side hustle, Bite Me Cookies by Cindy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 4, 2019
Secret sauce: Legal expert dishes tips for safeguarding business knowledge

Scott Doyle, a partner in Greenberg Traurig's Tampa, Florida, office, sees Florida becoming a hotbed for intellectual property law battles as more and more tech companies call the state home.

  • Law
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 20, 2017
Advanced outcomes

There's no doubt health care is a lot more high-tech today than it was 20 years ago. To start, both patients and doctors have a lot more information at their fingertips.

  • Strategies
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 3, 2025
Tampa airport begins flights to South America

The first regularly scheduled nonstop flight is to Bogota.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 23, 2025
Maryland buyer pays $72M for housing near Florida Gulf Coast University

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an insurance company takes more space in Tampa, a Fort Myers company plans to build homes, and a major Sarasota project gets a big loan.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 2, 2025
GE to invest $5M in Clearwater plant, create 75 jobs

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Naples shopping center begins to fill out, a South Tampa affordable housing community opens, and a Palmetto retail center is sold.

  • Florida
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 11, 2024
Fort Myers couple pours their heart into startup tequila brand

Chris and Geri Andrews balance details and determination in looking to make a go of their new brand, Música Tequila.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 18, 2025
Nonprofit land conservation group spreads word of name change

Big Waters Land Trust underwent a rebranding to better align its mission with its identity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 10, 2025
Tampa entrepreneur, city leader, educator dies at 60

Gwendolyn Henderson, who was elected to Tampa's City Council and owned a local independent bookstore, died at her home.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 9, 2025
Marriott debuts new brand in Fort Myers

The Washington, D.C.-area hotel giant opened its first low-price, extended stay hotel flag off of Alico Road in in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 9, 2025
Mission BBQ is opening in Port Charlotte

The Charlotte County restaurant at 1340 Tamiami Trail will open June 10.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 9, 2023
IMG Academy president, in rare comments, provides insight on $1.25B sale, future

At an event on Oct. 5, Brent Richard revealed how the headline-grabbing deal earlier this year wasn't necessarily planned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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