A Universe of Creativity is Hidden Away in an Oldsmar Industrial Park To say things are a bit wacky at Bruce Barry’s office is, well, a little bit of an understatement. From the outside, an unassuming Oldsmar office front belies an inside filled with wh ...
Sheila C. Johnson’s Innisbrook “I fell in love with the place the first time I saw it.” That’s what Innisbrook’s owner Sheila C. Johnson had to say about her decision to buy one of Florida’s best known resorts in 2007. Located in Palm Harbor, ...
Selmon Brings the Basics Back to Hospitality and the Community If you ask the namesake for Lee Roy Selmon’s the components of a good restaurant’s game plan, he’ll tell you: great food, great hospitality and fun. Since joining forces under MVP Holdin ...
Who does not look out with pleasure on the sparkling blue water of Tampa Bay, watch the gulls and osprey and pelicans diving for food and enjoy its cooling breezes? We kayak, sail, canoe and fish in its waters, jog and bicycle and picnic on its shore, a ...
The Story Behind a Self Made Entrepreneur When you walk inside a national chain restaurant–it doesn’t matter where–it will be virtually the same as the last one of its type that you visited. But when you go to one of Steve Westphal’s resta ...
As cultural institutions go, office buildings might not seem a likely candidate. But for the more than 3,300 employees of Raymond James who work at the St. Petersburg headquarters, a typical day at the office means rubbing elbows with bronze sculptures, g ...
St. Pete—Clearwater International Airport After serving a total of 919,951 passengers by the end of November, St. Pete—Clearwater International Airport (PIE) has eclipsed the million passenger milestone for the 2013 travel year. PIE averages a monthly ...
When Christopher Steinocher returned to the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce in 2011 as President and CEO, it was like returning home. He had worked there nearly two decades before. In between, Steinocher spent 20-plus years developing his marketin ...
It’s Saturday morning and downtown St. Petersburg is already bustling with activity at the popular Saturday Morning Market at Al Lang Field. Soon, visitors will be dropping in at the Dali, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the galleries along Central Avenu ...
