LARGO, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2009) – STAR Technology Enterprise Center (www.startecflorida.com), an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology and light manufacturing businesses, will host a TEC Talk session for technology entrepreneurs on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 9-11 a.m. at the Synovus Bank Headquarters, 4488 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Tampa.
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Clearwater, FL, November 30, 2009 – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders have been entertaining fans of the Buccaneers for over 27 years and have developed into one of the National Football League’s elite sideline squads. Each year, members of the squad are in high demand for local community appearances. On December 4th, the [...]

LAKELAND, Fla. – Kick off your holidays with a special performance by The Lakeland Concert Band on December 6 at 2:30pm and help The Lakeland Center provide much needed toys for the Toys for Tots program. Admission for The Lakeland Concert is complimentary and The Lakeland Center will waive parking fees for all attendees bringing [...]

St. Petersburg (Nov. 30, 2009) -Those with an interest in the future of
transit in Pinellas County may wish to attend a free Pinellas County Transit
and Land Use Workshop Monday, Dec. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Tampa Bay
Regional Planning Council, 4000 Gateway Centre Blvd., Suite 100, in Pinellas
Park.
St. Petersburg City Council Chair Jeff [...]

Tampa, Fla. – Two of Tampa’s fastest-growing organizations for women, biz-e-chicks and High Hopes in High Heels, will celebrate the holiday season at Mangroves (208 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, 33606) on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. The event will feature a wine tasting, heavy hors d’oeuvres and, most importantly, a collection of new toys [...]

Sarasota artist, Kathy Wright, has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in the amount of $25,000 in support of her Everglades Project, a series of paintings based on her experience as Artist in Residence in the Everglades National Park during December 2008 and November 2009.
Kathy has a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Harvard University’s [...]

Increasing Your Business Revenue
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Dec. 1
Existing business owners who attend this high-impact, hands-on seminar can immediately begin making better business decisions to improve revenue growth, increase productivity, and maximize profits in any economy. You will receive a simple straightforward method for measuring the performance of your business. Presented by Dino Eliadis, [...]

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners established the Port Manatee Improvement District Nov. 17th — a tax-increment-finance (TIF) district — providing nearly 5,000 acres adjacent to Port Manatee with enhanced development initiatives.
The TIF district enables the county to reinvest specified revenues collected in the zone to fund future port-related economic development activities such as [...]

NetWise Technology continues its dominance as the premier enterprise CRM vendor for the PEO industry as Employer Flexible rolls out ClientSpace on November 1st. Employer Flexible, a fast growing PEO based in Houston, TX, has been working with NetWise since September to ready the ClientSpace application for the heavy demands of their business.
“Our business [...]

The Manatee Players are once again joining with Manatee Children’s Services to collect toys and gifts for local abused and neglected children and teens. Manatee Children’s Services is one of Manatee County’s oldest youth services organizations. They not only have youth and family counseling available but also operate a home for abused and [...]

SARASOTA, Florida – (November 25, 2009) – The Concession Golf Club is pleased to announce that December 1, 2009, they will be adding another major talent to their experienced staff: General Manager, Joe Wills. Previously, Wills was employed with Golf Digest’s #1 golf resort in America: Sea Island. Wills began with Sea Island [...]

Two of the Chiles Group restaurants, the BeachHouse and the Sandbar have, again, both been selected as the 2009 picks for the knot’s “Best of Weddings” magazine, a coast-to-coast, by-brides–for-brides guide to top wedding related businesses. New York based, the knot website is recognized as the #1 wedding website and the knot magazine, published in [...]