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Professional services | Law practices, CPA firms grow rapidly in region. PAGES 6-8 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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Competition behind the scenes in the business of pickleball across the region gets juicy. PAGE 10
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Sarasota-based law firm Bentley Goodrich Kison ha s be c ome a lead i ng commercial litigation firm, partially by fully embracing the local bar association. PAGE 7
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T h e Na p l e s o f f i c e o f national law firm Quarles & Brady has seen revenue in its estate, trust and wills group surge by 40% in the past five years. PAGE 8
S om e d e v e l op e r s a n d homebu i lders, of ten maligned for not being good environmental stewards, begin to rethink their strategy. PAGE 12
Fuel boiler demolished in Polk County. 14 Construction begins on massive Gas Work project in Tampa. 14
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3 Tampa community bank enters Georgia market. 400054-1
Philadelphia accounting firm, one of the fastestgrowing in the countr y, chooses Tampa to expand its client and employee base across the Southeast. PAGE 6
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