Florida Trend back issues from May 2008:
Basking in the sunshine.(Corner Office)
May 01, 2008; ... From March 16-22, Florida celebrated Sunshine Week, and it had nothing to do with the weather. Instead, the week commemorated Florida's dedication to making government accessible to the public through its Sunshine Laws. These laws are not only important to journalists, but also ...
Mike Jackson.(Readers)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2008; ... I read with great interest your interview with Mike Jackson ["Accelerator." March. FloridaTrend.com]. While I agree with most of his comments. I must share that there is a huge difference between Europe and the U.S. Europe actually has an efficient. safe transportation system than can ...
Ethanol.(Readers)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2008; ... Your article on ethanol in Florida was informative ["Fuel Gauge," March, FloridaTrend. com], but you neglected to mention the feedstock source for ethanol production that will truly provide America with energy independence. That is the production of ethanol from organic wastes--the ...
Prescription drugs.(Readers)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2008; ... I am the founder of a group called Parents Against Prescription Drug Addition. We are working non-stop to contact our representatives and senators regarding these bills ["Pain, No Gain," April, FloridaTrend.com]. My son is "oxy" clean for two years, so let me tell you how much ...
Florida on TV.(Readers)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2008; ... I found your article "Florida on TV" [March, FloridaTrend.com] interesting, but I was disappointed in the film shots. One issue is that you have "The Golden Girls" listed as Orlando. The exterior shot of the house was in Orlando, on the Disney/MGM lot, but the series portrayed Miami as ...
Clarification.(Readers)(Correction notice)
May 01, 2008 ... Disney's Fort Wilderness Campground--not ...
A cut above.(Executive Lifestyles: Office Furniture)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "In our business, sometimes you just have to sit and think with a legal pad in your hand," says Will Ketchum, founder and principal of Burclette Ketchum, a marketing and communications firm in Jacksonville. For that he has a red leather barber's chair in ...
Form and function.(Executive Lifestyles: Office Furniture)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elizabeth Dvorak has had the same office furniture for almost 10 years--a surprise given her business. She is owner and CEO of Workscapes, an office furnishings company with locations in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. ...
Thrifty approach.(Executive Lifestyles: Office Furniture)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathy Peterson works from her Tequesta home. A TV producer and writer, as well as published author, Peterson's latest venture is as a guest host on a recently launched Lifetime TV show called "The Balancing Act" produced by Five Star Productions in Boca ...
A stand-up office.(Executive Lifestyles: Office Furniture)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Back surgery in the early '90s left Michael Sullivan, managing shareholder of law firm Greenberg Traurig's Orlando office, unable to sit for extended periods, so he stands a lot. For a desk, he uses a chest-high work table. Sullivan stands on a ...
No cure yet: for now, sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome struggle to ease the symptoms.(Executive Lifestyles: Health: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)(Disease/Disorder overview)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sometimes it hits with flulike symptoms: Sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, muscle pain, a headache and a fuzzy feeling in the brain that makes concentration impossible. Instead of going away in a few days or a week, the symptoms last for months. Sometimes ...
A fetching prospect.(Executive Lifestyles: Getaways: Pet-Friendly Resorts)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The accommodations are posh--a fluffy bed, a pink bow, a custom-made menu and a massage. The bed is a little small, rarely more than three feet across, but the special menu choices are appealing--salmon, beef or chicken. And the meals are served wet or ...
Perusing Peru.(Executive Lifestyles: Dining and Spirits)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Florida's hottest flavor these days has a Spanish accent of a different sort: Peruvian. You taste it in martini glasses of ceviche--seafood pickled in lime juice, sparked with peppers and tickled with cilantro. If the chef is actually Peruvian, ...
Joseph Woodrow Hatchett: former Florida Supreme Court justice, chief judge 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, judge 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. magistrate, civil rights lawyer, current chairman of Akerman Senterfitt's appellate practice group, age 76.(Icon)(Viewpoint essay)
May 01, 2008; ... > My mother was a maid. My father was a fruit picker, and I had three brothers and one sister--all older. Of that number, three had gone to college before I came to college. > I grew up [in Clearwater] knowing that downtown I should not go to a bathroom, I should not sit on a ...
Inn culture.(Trendsetters: Tourism/Travel)(Elizabeth Pointe Lodge)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, owners Fernandina Beach Caples' rule: Success is one-third owed to the building, locale and amenities and two-thirds owed to the culture of service created by the owners and emulated by the staff. Admired ...
A wrath to remember: the housing downturn is forcing home builders to change the way they do business.(HOME BUILDERS)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Depressing facts are a growth industry for Florida's publicly traded home builders. Miami-based Lennar's 2007 loss all but canceled out its profit from 2005 and 2006. Tousa, the Hollywood company that builds under the brands Engle, Newmark and Trophy, ...
Targeting jobs.(INCENTIVES)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the slumping housing market, fears of recession and a higher unemployment rate, Miami-Dade County is going all out to retain jobs through tax incentives and other perks. In fact, county tax incentives have recently prompted three large ...
Ocean Bank.(Players)
May 01, 2008; ... Ocean Bank promoted Terry J. Curry to COO. He replaces A. Alfonso Macedo, who was executive vice president and COO before becoming president and CEO ...
Hialeah Hospital.(Players)
May 01, 2008; ... Steven Burghart, previously a corporate director of operations excellence for Tenet Healthcare and regional team leader, has been appointed ...
Compuquip Technologies.(Players)
May 01, 2008; ... Rene Carrasco has been named CFO of Compuquip Technologies, a Miami-based information technology company. Carrasco was previously president of World ...
355 Alhambra Circle.(CORAL GABLES)
May 01, 2008; ... CORAL GABLES -- 355 Alhambra Circle, a landmark office tower in Coral Gables, is for sale for the first time in the building's history. Kraft Foods, Merrill Lynch and ...
Carnival Corp.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... MIAMI -- Under an agreement with the Florida Attorney General's Office, Miami-based Carnival Corp. (NYSE-CCL) will refund about $40 million in fuel surcharge fees charged to customers after they booked their trips. The agreement applies to travelers who booked cruises before Nov. 7, 2007, ...
Hotel room occupancy.(MIAMI)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; ... With a February hotel room occupancy of 83.4% (up 0.3% year-over-year), Greater Miami/Miami Beach ranked No. 2 in the national lodging industry index. Based on the average daily room rate, the region placed among the top 25 ...
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, a Miami law firm, has created KBS Strategies Group.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, a Miami law firm, has created KBS Strategies Group, a new government relations consulting firm. In addition to lobbying politicians and ...
Biscayne Helicopters.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... Biscayne Helicopters, an aerial charter and service company, has filed for Chapter 11 ...
CSA Group.(MIAMI)(CSA Group opens its headquarters in USA)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; ... CSA Group, the largest Hispanic-owned architectural, engineering, planning and environmental services firm in the U.S., opened its international headquarters in Miami. The firm is consolidating all of its Miami ...
Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... Miami Children's Hospital Foundation recently received $2.7 million from an anonymous local donor. The donor left money to the ...
Miami Dolpins.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... The National Football League has approved Wayne Huizenga's proposed sale of a 50% stake in the Miami Dolphins to ...
World Fuel Services.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... World Fuel Services, a Miami-based energy products and services company, will buy select assets of Texor Petroleum Co., ...
Related Group.(MIAMI)
May 01, 2008; ... Related Group, a Miami-based developer, has received a letter from the New York Attorney General's Office requesting the release of New York buyers from ...
Equity One.(NORTH MIAMI BEACH)(Equity One Inc. plans to sell its properties)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; ... NORTH MIAMI BEACH -- Equity One, which develops, owns and operates shopping centers, plans to sell seven properties for $197 million to a joint venture with Global Retail Investors. Equity One owns 10% of the ...
Heavy traffic.(TRANSPORTATION)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Even as mainstream airlines consolidate, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport traffic continues to grow rapidly, thanks to a surge in low-cost carriers and international traffic. Domestic travel in January was 10% above the year-earlier period; ...
Alan Levan, chairman of BankAtlantic, has filed a proxy challenge to Office Depot, seeking to unseat its CEO, Steve Odland, and two members of its board and replace them with two former Office Depot executives.(BOCA RATON)
May 01, 2008; ... BOCA RATON -- Alan Levan, chairman of BankAtlantic, has filed a proxy challenge to Office Depot, seeking to unseat its CEO, Steve Odland, and two members of its board and replace them with two former Office ...
RailAmerica.(BOCA RATON)
May 01, 2008; ... RailAmerica, a short line and regional rail service provider based in Boca Raton, plans to lay off 95 as a result of a planned merger with ...
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.(Players)
May 01, 2008; ... Philip Madow was named president of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. Madow was ...
Howard J. Leonhardt, founder of Sunrise-based Bioheart, will step down from running day-to-day operations to become chairman.(Players)
May 01, 2008 ... Howard J. Leonhardt, founder of Sunrise-based Bioheart, will step down from running ...
Sun-Sentinel Co.'s Forum Publishing Group.(Players)
May 01, 2008 ... Justo Rey was named president of the Sun-Sentinel Co.'s Forum Publishing ...
Broward Health.(Players)
May 01, 2008 ... Frank Nask has been named interim president/CEO of ...
Carl DeSantis.(Players)
May 01, 2008 ... Carl DeSantis, founder and former CEO of Rexail Sundown has become co-chairman ...
Richard Houghten, CEO of Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies.(Players)
May 01, 2008 ... Richard Houghten, CEO of Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, and Peter Policastro, senior director of ...
Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.(Players)
May 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Barry Kay, owner of Hollywood ...
New, old digs.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008 ... The Palm Beach County History Museum opened recently in a renovated 1916 courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach. The restoration project cost $18.5 million. The 8,000-sq.-ft. space is the area's first countywide history museum. Housed in the ...
Penthouse Media Group.(BOCA RATON)
May 01, 2008 ... Penthouse Media Group plans an initial ...
Medical Staffing Network Holdings.(BOCA RATON)
May 01, 2008 ... Losses at Medical Staffing Network Holdings eased in the ...
Verizon Wireless.(BROWARD COUNTY)
May 01, 2008 ... BROWARD COUNTY -- Verizon Wireless has begun construction of a 45,000-sq.-ft., $50-million call-processing center in ...
Ediets.com lost $4.21 million in the fourth quarter on revenue of $6.9 million.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
May 01, 2008 ... FORT LAUDERDALE -- Ediets.com lost $4.21 million in the fourth quarter on revenue of $6.9 million. A year ...
Certified Services.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
May 01, 2008 ... The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against five former principals of employee leasing ...
The operations of Miami television station WSFL-CW39 will be merged into the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
May 01, 2008 ... The operations of Miami television station WSFL-W39 will be merged into the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Both are Tribune Co ....
Stiles Landscape Co.(FORT LAUDERDALE)
May 01, 2008 ... Stiles Landscape Co., a division of Stiles Corp., has been sold to ...
Hans Kraaz, owner of Intercoastal Finance Group.(FORT PIERCE)
May 01, 2008 ... FORT PIERCE -- Hans Kraaz, owner of Intercoastal Finance Group, has put a ...
Tousa Inc.(HOLLYWOOD)
May 01, 2008 ... HOLLYWOOD -- Tousa Inc. won court approval to sell its interest in a $16.3-million promissory note for ...
Scripps Florida.(JUPITER)
May 01, 2008 ... JUPITER -- Scripps Florida has received a $7.6-million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to develop medication ...
PRC.(PLANTATION)
May 01, 2008 ... PLANTATION -- PRC, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will close four Midwest call centers and ...
Pilgrim's Pride.(POMPANO BEACH)
May 01, 2008 ... POMPANO BEACH -- Pilgrim's Pride, a Pit-Lsburg, Texas-based chicken processor, will close its ...
Civic center.(PORT ST. LUCIE)
May 01, 2008 ... PORT ST. LUCIE -- In spite of an overall hiring freeze, the city has started advertising for 19 full- and part-time positions for ...
Fantasma Productions'.(WEST PALM BEACH)
May 01, 2008 ... WEST PALM BEACH -- Los Angeles-based Live Nation has purchased the majority of concert ...
Sunland Homes.(WEST PALM BEACH)
May 01, 2008 ... The majority owner of Sunland Homes, the Frank E. Young Family Partnership, ...
Sikorsky Aircraft.(WEST PALM BEACH)
May 01, 2008 ... Sikorsky Aircraft has added the 89,000-sq.-ft. Florida Assembly and Flight Operations facility to ...
Wafer World.(WEST PALM BEACH)
May 01, 2008 ... Wafer World, a specialized silicon wafer and optics design company, will ...
Palm Beach Capital.(WEST PALM BEACH)
May 01, 2008 ... Palm Beach Capital has bought North American Substation Services, an Altamonte ...
Trauma in the ER.(HEALTHCARE)(shortage of neurosurgeons)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During separate periods--a total of 10 days between mid-February and early March--St. Petersburg's Bayfront Medical Center had to stop taking trauma patients because it didn't have a neurosurgeon available. The hospital's emergency room remained open for ...
May's fair.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)(Brief article)
May 01, 2008; ... For a quarter of a century, the Polk Museum of Arc has purchased pieces at Lakeland's annual Mayfaire-by-the-Lake art festival. Now, the museum is showing off its purchases at a new show called "Volvo Mayfaire-by-the-Lake Purchase Awards: 25 Years of ...
Flanders Corp.(BARTOW)
May 01, 2008 ... BARTOW-- Filter maker Flanders Corp. plans to replace its fire-destroyed ...
Neal Communities.(BRADENTON)
May 01, 2008 ... BRADENTON -- Neal Communities announced a deal to build 45 homes in the Mandalay residential ...
Job growth.(CAPE CORAL)
May 01, 2008 ... CAPE CORAL -- Considering factors such as the cost of labor and the education level of the local ...