SEPTEMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 | THREE DOLL ARS
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
Education | Insurance firm heads back to school to grow industry labor force. PG.8 PASCO • H ILL SBOROUG H • PIN ELL AS • P OLK • M A N ATEE • SA R ASOTA • C H A R LOT TE • LEE • COLLIER
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Ring the Bell
The path to creating a top place to work at Fawley Bryant starts long before an employee’s first day. PAGE 7 LORI SAX
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A s Helios Technolog ies nears a revenue milestone, its CEO ref lects on t he cha llenges of turning a disparate business into a collaborative machine. PAGE 10
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T h e Ur b a n C e nt r e i n Westshore Plaza, behind a $3.5 million investment, is wooing tenants with perks to make office work fun again. PAGE 12
Developer chooses not to move forward with plans to buy, demolish and build a new project on the site of the Mira Mar building in downtown Sarasota. PAGE 14
St. Pete Mayor goes to bat for new Tropicana Field proposals. 3 Comic-Con entrepreneur scores another win. 3
Longtime Florida cattle rancher dies at 79. MONKEYPOX - ANOTHER HEALTH EMERGENCY? 371579-1
Commercial real estate, accord i ng to a new national survey, likely will be hurt by an economic downturn. But it won’t be as bad as originally feared. PAGE 6
COFFEE TALK
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