TAMPA, FL – The Tampa Division of Tri-City Electrical Contractors, Inc. received three prestigious 2009 ABC Eagle Awards in the ABC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Excellence in Construction Competition for its outstanding work in the $1-$3 Million Electrical Category. Included were the Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer’s [...]

We congratulate Vinny Dolan for his promotion to President & CEO of Progress Energy Florida and Jeff Lyash on his promotion to Executive Vice President for Corporate Development for Progress Energy.
Jeff has been an active and engaged regional and statewide leader including leadership roles with the Tampa Bay Partnership. [...]

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL – An expanded website allows customers to search by product, price and color for all promotional and apparel needs – and get a reward.
Promotional product categories include bags; drink ware, eco and sports products, plus apparel selections including t-shirts, caps, dress shirts, jackets and more. [...]

SARASOTA, FL – Ron Gordon, Realtor, has joined Xena Vallone Realty Inc. at 7727-B Holiday Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231. He has been a real estate professional in Sarasota for five years.
“Xena Vallone Realty shares my philosophy that the customer’s needs come first,” Gordon said. He strives to make the [...]

Tampa, Fla. – Tom Brzezinski, PE, Executive Vice President of Wade Trim – a leading civil engineering and planning firm – has taken on the role of Chief Business Development Officer. Brzezinski works out of Wade Trim’s Tampa office located at 8745 Henderson Road.
In his new role, Brzezinski [...]

Tampa Bay, June 29, 2009 – Spaghetti, probably the first image that comes to your mind when you hear “Italian food.” For some, it may be the extent of their knowledge of cuisine from the Mediterranean nation. It’s easy to oversimplify traditional courses when you’re in [...]

Sarasota, Florida – June 29, 2009 – Kevin Heiss, Account Executive for the Largo Group of Companies, arranged a $5,320,000 permanent first mortgage for two office/warehouse buildings located in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The two buildings were built in phases in 2008 and are comprised of 33,003 square [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (June 29, 2009) – As the election crisis in Iran continues to dominate international headlines, Mohsen Milani, chairman of the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida is providing important insights in an essay titled “Tehran’s Take” in the latest [...]

TAMPA, Fla. (June 29, 2009) – The Tampa Downtown Partnership is launching a summertime discount savings card to encourage downtown workers, visitors and residents to patronize retailers, restaurants, service providers as well as entertainment and cultural venues during the summer months.
The program is called the “Summertime [...]

Tampa, Fla. – TBO.com has introduced an upgrade to Snap!, the web site’s photo sharing tool, with a new video application. Tampa Bay area residents can easily send images and videos of breaking news, weather and community events for immediate distribution and possible use on News Channel [...]

SARASOTA (June 29, 2009) – A familiar face is greeting diners at New York New York, a recently-opened restaurant in Sarasota’s Hillview neighborhood. It belongs to Bruno Pasquali, the new general manager, who is well known for the three restaurants he formerly owned and operated here.
Terry [...]

Tampa, FL (June 29, 2009) – Robert Gillies, Ph.D., came to Moffitt Cancer Center to assemble an imaging program that provides Total Cancer Care by matching cancer patients to the best treatment. The Academy of Molecular Imaging is honoring Gillies as a Distinguished Basic Scientist recipient, as [...]