Florida Trend back issues from February 2007:
The new FloridaTrend.com.(Corner Office)
Feb 01, 2007; ... On Jan. 30, Florida Trend goes live with our redesigned website. If you're one of the 100,000-plus visitors who click on FloridaTrend.com each month, let me assure you it will be a totally new online experience. If you've never visited the site, now's the time to do so. Our ...
Property taxes.(Readers)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Florida is rapidly getting the reputation of being a greedy, outrageously property-taxed state to its countless second-home owners ["Tax Squeeze" December 2006, FloridaTrend.com]. In 16 years, our taxes have increased on one parcel we own in Dixie County from a few hundred dollars to over ...
Charter schools.(Readers)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Thank you for putting forward the facts about charter schools and the struggles and successes we have, always with less funding and ...
Florida's new CEO.(Readers)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Gov. Crist believes the 1 million or so illegal aliens in Florida are none of his concern, saying it is a "federal issue" ["Florida's New CEO," January, FloridaTrend.com]. These uninvited illegal aliens are here not because of their love for the USA but for the jobs. We eliminated slavery ...
An executive getaway.(Executive Lifestyles: CEOs at Home)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Roy and Julie Norton happened upon Cedar Key several years ago while driving home from a business trip to Alachua County. What they discovered was a picturesque if shabby downtown surrounded by sea grass, marshes and a bayou. They were taken in by the charm and decided to look for a ...
Over the office.(Carey O'Donnell's residence amidst offices)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... For the past eight years, Carey O'Donnell and her husband, Stephen Barry, have lived in a three-level, 5,100-sq.ft. condominium at the top of the Esperante office building in downtown West Palm Beach. She has only four neighbors--if you don't count the numerous firms that lease office ...
Show of appreciation.(Oscar Rodriguez's house)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Oscar Rodriguez wanted a typical "builder's half-acre" when he went house-hunting five years ago. The problem: Land was at a premium in residential neighborhoods close to Miami. His search took him to unincorporated Miami-Dade County, where five years ago he bought a 3,000-sq.-ft. home in ...
Dimensions of the heart: new techniques give doctors insight into possible problems.(Executive Lifestyles: Health: Heart Health)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The 64-slice CT scanner is quickly becoming the gold standard for diagnosing heart abnormalities. The machine gives doctors a 3-D view of a patient's chest cavity, capturing clear multiple images of the beating heart. This latest technology is not yet widely prescribed because ...
Resort R & R: from offbeat to old-timey, Florida resorts cover the spectrum. Some are well-known; others are off the beaten path.
Feb 01, 2007; ... Old Florida Resort Manasota Beach Club Englewood manasotabeachclub.com With a clubhouse dating to about 1915 and some of its 12 cottages built in the 1920s, this 25-acre gulf-to-bay property near Sarasota offers an authentic slice of old ...
Water attraction.(restaurants)
Feb 01, 2007; ... River House 301 S.W. Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale 954/525-7661; ftlauderdaleriverhouse.com The River House enters another season brighter and more beckoning than ever before in its long and varied presence smack on the shore of the New River. The recovery ...
Harris Rosen: president and COO, Rosen Hotels & Resorts, age 67.(Icon)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The reason I'm in it is because when we do a good job--and we do that fortunately fairly often--it's so nice to hear people tell you how much they enjoyed their stay and how much they relaxed and how much they accomplished at their meeting or their convention here, how much they enjoyed ...
Talent show.(Trendsetters: IT Software and Networking)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Harvard MBA Harold Mills came to Florida in 2000 to lead a startup staffing outfit that had little more than a concept and one customer. Six years later, his ZeroChaos--he took control in a 2004 management buyout--has $360 million in gross revenue, a spot on Inc.'s fastest-growing company ...
Virtual conferences.(Trendsetters: IT Software and Networking)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Maurice Heiblum Elluminate USA President, Fort Lauderdale Bachelor's: Finance and marketing, NYU, 1983 Maurice Heiblum, a grad of Beach High on Miami Beach, started in computers by selling PCs at an IBM retail store while at New York University. He came ...
Deterring computer abuse.(Trendsetters: IT Software and Networking)
Feb 01, 2007; ... It's easy to see when Doug Fowler's startup software company launched toward the big time. Fowler was working in obscurity making software that allowed companies to monitor their employees' internet use and parents to track their children's online activities. Then in 2000, Fowler's new PR ...
Safe harbors.(Trendsetters: IT Software and Networking)
Feb 01, 2007; ... When not yet 10, young sailor Baird Lobree would set out upon the waters alone--a challenging thing for a youngster to do, knowing that getting back depended on his ability to work the wind and boat. Making it back, he says, built confidence. Lobree, 44, sees similarities in ...
CEO and co-founder Gary Langton and his Quadrant Software, Tampa, plan to hire 6 people in the next three gears in Florida to add to the 14 here and 60 it has elsewhere.(Trendsetters: IT Software and Networking)
Feb 01, 2007; ... CEO and co-founder Gary Langton and his Quadrant Software, Tampa, plan to hire 26 people in the next three gears in Florida to add to the 14 here and 60 it has elsewhere. Quadrant specializes in document management software for its 3,500 customers ...
Winning teams: Florida universities consistently place high in merchandise sales.
Feb 01, 2007; ... The University of Florida's twin national championships in basketball and football will only enhance the school's dominance of licensed memorabilia sales among state schools. Annual sales for college-themed merchandise--everything from T-shirts to dog collars and pool ...
Remedial work.(first-time college students)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The number of first-time college students in Florida needing remedial courses has held steady since 1997. In 2003-04, 55% of first-time college students (110,633) required remedial courses in mathematics, reading and/or writing, according to the Office of Program Policy Analysis and ...
Florida CFO Alex Sink has selected Jim Cassady to serve as her chief of staff.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Florida CFO Alex Sink has selected Jim Cassady to serve as her chief of staff. Cassady worked in the banking industry for 33 years, including a stint as Bank of America's Broward County president. He is also former chairman of both the board of ...
Pay back--insurer Brown & Brown will reimburse cities and counties in Florida $4.8 million it collected in undisclosed fees or commissions.(INSURANCE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... PAY BACK--Insurer Brown & Brown will reimburse cities and counties in Florida $4.8 million it collected in undisclosed fees or commissions. The ...
Autism--the Florida Department of Education awarded $700,000 for the creation of an autism education center of excellence near Tampa.(EDUCATION)
Feb 01, 2007; ... AUTISM--The Florida Department of Education awarded $700,000 for the creation of an autism education center of excellence near Tampa. The non-profit Florida Autism Center of Excellence will apply for a charter to serve students in Hillsborough, ...
Fed funds--the Department of Labor awarded $7.2 million to four Florida community colleges for workforce training.(WORKFORCE TRAINING)
Feb 01, 2007; ... FED FUNDS--The Department of Labor awarded $7.2 million to four Florida community colleges for workforce training: Broward Community College gets $1.9 million for transportation sector ...
Economy.
Feb 01, 2007; ... <Pre> $674.05 billion $60,803 8.329 million Gross state product Median income forTotal employed in ...
Cleaning up.(Miami-Dade county)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Could Miami-Dade be winning its war on mismanagement and public corruption? As evidence of progress, county officials point to a series of high-profile cases in 2006, among them: A multimillion-dollar affordable housing scandal, a scheme to sell bogus contractor licenses, a cell-phone ...
Stiefel Laboratories. (CORAL GABLES).
Feb 01, 2007; ... Privately held Stiefel Laboratories, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies specializing in dermatological products, has ...
A high-profile public corruption case involving former County Manager James T. Hendrick has been dealt a blow with the death of former Monroe County Attorney Jack London at age 68.(KEY WEST)
Feb 01, 2007; ... A high-profile public corruption case involving former County Manager James T. Hendrick has been dealt a blow with the death of former Monroe County Attorney ...
Florida Keys Marathon Airport.(MARATHON)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Scheduled commercial airline services will return to Florida Keys Marathon Airport for the first time since 2000. Delta and Continental ...
PBS&J.(MIAMI)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Miami-based engineering giant PBS&J is the target of a federal probe into alleged violations of campaign laws. For years, investigators say, executives funneled money to political candidates by reimbursing ...
Robert J. Strudler.(MIAMI)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Lennar Corp. Chairman Robert J ....
Jackson Health System, the county-owned public health network.(MIAMI-DADE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Jackson Health System, the county-owned public health network, has announced it will acquire ...
Miami Herald Executive Editor Tom Fiedler is retiring.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Miami Herald Executive Editor Tom Fiedler is retiring. Anders Gyllenhaal, 55, ...
Port of Miami.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Former Assistant County Manager Bill Johnson has been named director at ...
Seabourn Cruise Line.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Cruise industry veteran Pamela C. Conover has been named president and CEO ...
Florida International University College of Medicine.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... John A. Rock has been named founding dean of the Florida International University College of ...
Ron Saunders.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Former state Rep. Ron Saunders has filled the District 120 House seat ...
Algae alert.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Researchers are tracking a stubborn algae bloom in southern Biscayne Bay and the northeast corner of Florida Bay that is killing sea grass beds and choking other plant and animal life. Fishing guides say the bloom has ...
A blow to fast growth?(Marc Sarnoff election as city commissioner)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Neighborhood activist and attorney Marc Sarnoff easily defeated former city administrator Linda Haskins in a District 2 runoff election to replace City Commissioner Johnny Winton, who is awaiting trial on police battery charges ....
Game plans.(RETAIL)
Feb 01, 2007; ... In January, Framingham, Mass.-based Staples, the largest office products company in the U.S. with 1,800 stores and more than 36,000 employees, announced plans to open 20 stores in south Florida by the end of this year. Staples signed up a local sports star, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, to ...
Office Depot's new global headquarters.(BOCA RATON)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Flagler Development Group and TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate Group will ...
First NLC Financial Services.(BOCA RATON)
Feb 01, 2007; ... First NLC Financial Services is moving 450 jobs from Deerfield Beach. The non-prime residential ...
International Center for Leadership and Development.(BOCA RATON)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The International Center for Leadership and Development is scheduled to open this spring after a $9-million renovation of the former Sony Corp ....
Bieger International Gymnastics.(DEERFIELD BEACH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Bieger International Gymnastics has established its advanced training and coaching center for gymnastics in ...
Starmark International, an advertising agency that made the Inc. 500 list seven times, has merged with Chicago-based Marc USA, an independent marketing communications network.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Starmark International, an advertising agency that made the Inc. 500 list seven times, has merged with Chicago-based Marc USA, an independent ...
Cruise Lines International Association.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Cruise Lines international Association has moved its headquarters from New York City. North ...
Riverbend Corporate Park.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Riverbend Corporate Park is transforming 75 acres at the Broward ...
Royal Poinciana Plaza.(PALM BEACH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Dawsco Realty Corp. and the Brennan Group are planning a commercial project on a 3.5-acre waterfront ...
Palm Beach Princess.(PALM BEACH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Each of the seven companies involved in operating the day-cruise gambling ship Palm Beach Princess filed for Chapter 11 ...
Outpatient facility.(PALM BEACH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Yale University School of Medicine is developing plans for a major ...
City Centre on PGA Boulevard.(PALM BEACH GARDENS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... CFO2 Palm Beach II of Houston purchased more than 10 acres for an ...
Claire's.(PEMBROKE PINES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Costume jewelry and accessory retailer Claire's has hired Goldman Sachs to help the 3,000-store chain ...
Memorial Hospital Pembroke.(PEMBROKE PINES)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Aventura-based Sky Development has bought Memorial Hospital Pembroke for $32 ...
Kramer Professional Staffing.(PLANTATION)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Boston-based Stephen James Associates has purchased Kramer Professional Staffing. Kramer's clients include Office ...
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.(PORT ST. LUCIE)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution received a grant from ResearchChannel.org to produce "Corals ...
Visiting Nurse Association of Florida.(STUART)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Visiting Nurse Association of Florida plans to build an ...
I-95 between Indrio Road and State Road 70 in St. Lucie County will be expanded from four lanes to eight beginning as soon as 2010.(VERO BEACH)
Feb 01, 2007; ... I-95 between Indrio Road and State Road 70 in St. Lucie County will be expanded from ...
Wachovia Bank has named Costas Liatsos its new Broward County regional president.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Wachovia Bank has named Costas Liatsos its new Broward County regional president. Liatsos takes ...
Christopher Pollock resigned as president and CEO from the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Christopher Pollock resigned as president and CEO from the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. Pollock accepted ...
Bristol West Holdings.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Bristol West Holdings has promoted Robert Sadler to senior vice president and CFO. He replaces Craig Eisenacher, who left the ...
The Economic Council of Palm Beach County.(Players)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Economic Council of Palm Beach County has appointed Robert "Budd" Kneip its 2007 chairman. Kneip ...
FAU-IBM Alliance.(EDUCATION)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Boca Raton's Florida Atlantic University is joining with the IBM-led Latin American Grid to bolster information technology opportunities for Hispanics and advance research in life ...
Judgment call.(POLITICS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Florida Supreme Court has recommended adding one circuit court judge to the Treasure Coast in ...
Drawing board.(ARTS)
Feb 01, 2007; ... Under former Mayor Dick Greco, Tampa began planning a facility to replace the 22-year-old Tampa Museum of Art. And in 2002, New York architect Rafael Vinoly unveiled a design for a larger, more contemporary building that the city hoped would become a catalyst for transforming its 28-block ...
Dual effort.(tie-up between University of South Florida College of Engineering and Bethune-Cookman College)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2007; ... The University of South Florida College of Engineering and Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach are teaming up to offer a dual bachelor's degree program in math and engineering. Sunil ...
Limestone mine. (CITRUS COUNTY).
Feb 01, 2007; ... The owner of a limestone mine near Inglis is seeking to expand the ...
Condo-style RV resort. (CITRUS COUNTY).
Feb 01, 2007; ... A condo-style RV resort with 130 sites has broken ground on 50 ...