Ethanol plant changes: Litigation and water challenges in finding financing have led a company to abandon plans for an ethanol production plant at the Port of Tampa.Verizon changing command: Alan Ciamporcero, who led Verizon's operations on the Gulf Coast and throughout the Southeast the past five years, is retiring July 25.Project holdups linger: Delays are once again plaguing a development in downtown Bradenton involving property once controlled by St. Petersburg developer and entrepreneur Frank Maggio.Buchanan honored by USF: The business education side of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus has been renamed the Vernon G. Buchanan College of Business Wing after the congressman, who gave the school $100,000 last year.Sarasota County saves jobs: In an effort to avoid more layoffs and wage freezes, Sarasota County Administrator Jim Ley recommended to Sarasota County commissioners that the county dip into it's so-called stabilization fundNew Fort Myers hospital: Boca Raton-based Promise Healthcare Inc., a long-term acute care hospital company, plans to build a new hospital in Fort Myers.Air Berlin adds flight: Air Berlin, the German airline that recently acquired rival LTU, plans to boost the number of flights from Germany to Southwest Florida International Airport this summer.EDC chief takes buyout: Regina Smith, the executive director of the Lee County Economic Development Office, recently announced
