Maddux NewsWire

(St. Petersburg, Fla.) February 8, 2010 – Through his leadership and advocacy, the Hon. Peter Rudy Wallace secured funding and support for the Florida Center for Teachers – a multipurpose building at USF St. Petersburg that opened in 2001. The university will rename the building the Peter Rudy Wallace Florida Center for Teachers on Wednesday, [...]

SARASOTA, February 8, 2010 – The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee has signed an agreement with Iberia Bank to lease a portion of the Pan-American Center, 5900 Pan American Blvd., in North Port, corner of Tamiami Trail South and Pan American Blvd. Classes are scheduled to begin at the new location beginning Fall of 2010.
USF [...]

Tampa Bay, FL, February 8, 2010 — Making the 4th Friday Clearwater events family friendly is a recipe for success for the downtown street parties. Last Christmas brought out 5,000 people, most of which were families, to see the snow the event trucked in. On February 26th, Suite Caroline will perform. 12-year-old [...]

LAKELAND, FL (February 8, 2010) — The City of Lakeland’s Parks & Recreation Department is pleased to invite the public to the 1st Annual Kelly Recreation Complex Open House on Saturday, February 20th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The facility received a $1.1 million facelift with an expansion and renovation project that was completed 2009. [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (February 8, 2010) – Schifino Lee Advertising & Branding has been engaged by Gerdau Ameristeel for creative production of a national advertising campaign targeting the steel industry.
Gerdau Ameristeel is the fourth-largest steel company in North America, with a network of mini-mills, scrap metal recycling facilities and related operations throughout the continent. The company’s [...]

Sarasota, FL February 8, 2010 – 106.5 CTQ and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are uniting once again for the 19th annual 106.5 CTQ Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon presented by N&M Cool Today, happening Thursday, February 11th and Friday, February 12th from 6:00am – 6:00pm. 106.5 CTQ and over 30 other [...]

TAMPA- Lennar’s Central Florida Division has promoted Dustin Johnson to assistant controller.
Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said Johnson joined Lennar five years ago after graduation from Ohio State University.
Lennar’s Central Florida Division, builds new single-family homes and town homes priced from the $80s to the $400s in more than 30 Lennar communities [...]

(Sarasota, FL – February 5, 2010): The board of trustees of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce the election of two new board members, Wilson Jones and Stephen Van C. Wilberding.
Wilberding retired to Casey Key in 1999 after a 30-year career in international investment banking with Merrill Lynch. He earned his MBA from [...]

SARASOTA, Fla. (February 5, 2010) Prudential Palms Realty is proud to announce that Paula Cashi was recently awarded the Meritorious Service Award by The Sarasota Association of Realtors.
The Sarasota Association of Realtors honored Paula Cashi with the Meritorious Service Award in recognition of her continuous dedication to both the Sarasota, Florida and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [...]

Historic Snell Isle in old St. Petersburg has been chosen for the sixth annual Lighthouse of Pinellas Tour of Kitchens from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 18.
All proceeds will benefit Lighthouse of Pinellas, the only private, non-profit agency in Pinellas County serving individuals [...]

Special Event: NxLevel (2 day event) Business Planning
Feb. 18, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. &
Feb. 19, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
NxLeveL® has become the premier entrepreneurial training program in the United States with more than 160,000 entrepreneurs completing NxLeveL® training. Pinellas County Economic Development is making the NxLeveL® Business Start-Ups course available in a convenient [...]

Tampa, FL – Feb. 5, 2010 – Moffitt Cancer Center honored Coach Don Shula in an award ceremony attended by nearly 400 people, including NFL Hall of Fame members, former senators and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. The Moffitt Board of Advisors’ Leadership & Philanthropy Award Dinner, which was held at The Ritz-Carlton in Miami’s South [...]