PALMETTO, Fla. Just 11 days after signing a history-making pact with the Panama Canal Authority, Port Manatee’s good fortune was stroked again this time by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s signature on a bill exempting Developments of Regional Impact within three miles of the port’s boundary.
[...]

St. Petersburg, Fla. � Executive Reporting Service (ERS) added a new member to its court reporting team in May, bringing the number of its court reporters up to 18.
Sarah J. Murrow joined ERS after owning her own court reporting business, Riverside Reporting Service, in Memphis, Tennessee. She [...]

Hillsborough County continues to receive federal funds to improve our community. The Affordable Housing Department is in the process of distributing approximately $2.3 million for affordable housing projects and homeless recovery efforts. The funds have been allocated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) [...]

BROOKSVILLE, FLA. � L.R.E. Ground Services has been selected to provide the foundation-support system for an innovative eco-friendly green home being built in the Florida Panhandle town of Shalimar. Designed by Eco-Smart, a nationally recognized distributor of green products and construction materials, the [...]

Sarasota, FL, May 29, 2009 – New College of Florida will host the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) Summer Field Study entitled Melody of the Mind: An Analytical Approach to Music on June 10-24. The program will bring top students from around the country in [...]

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Thirty years ago, Diane Emery quit her job on whim. She wanted to leave work early to meet some lawyer friends for happy hour and her boss wouldn’t let her, she explains in the “The Queen’s Courts,” the article on her in Maddox Business Report’s [...]

ST. PETERSBURG – Kirkland, Russ, Murphy & Tapp, P.A. (KRMT) is pleased to announce that Jarrod Langhans, Audit Manager, participated in the Leadership St. Petersburg Class (LSP) of 2009 Class Project, Regeneration Renovation. The class raised funds to upgrade key areas of the facility at the [...]

TAMPA, FL – May 29, 2009 – Taylor & Mathis of Florida announced today that The PBSJ Corporation will relocate its Tampa office to MetWest One, a LEED-certified office building recently opened at MetWest International in the Westshore Business District. The engineering, architecture, and construction company [...]

Tampa Bay, FL (May 28, 2009) � Fetching Communications is excited to announce the addition of Account Manager and �Queen of the Jungle,� Kelly Diedring. Kelly brings a unique animal background to the Fetching flock, giving her a �wing up� for Fetching�s pet related clients.
�Kelly�s extensive [...]

Pensacola, FL – The 2009 hurricane season begins June 1 and the Florida Small Business Development Center Network (FSBDCN), through its Business Continuity and Risk Management Center (BCRMC) program, has been busy getting ready. They are testing the staff and equipment, deployment procedures, satellite communications and [...]

Tampa, FL – May 28, 2009 — Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, today announced that Nucletron B.V., an international knowledge-driven leader in Radiation Oncology, has gone live with Pilgrim’s SmartSolve®, solution for automated Change Order Management. The solution, built on industry best practices, supports Change [...]

CLEARWATER, Fla. � The City of Clearwater announced that three new restaurants will open in the Cleveland Street District in downtown Clearwater this year. Mayor Frank Hibbard noted, �We are happy to have many progressive entrepreneurs interested in doing business in Clearwater. Even though the economy is [...]