VERO BEACH -- Leadership Indian River County is a community leadership program offered by the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce starting in January 2019. Applications for the program are due November 19, 2018. The 7-session training program will bring together a cross-section of the community, representing our social, economic and geographic diverse population for [...]
PORT ST LUCIE -- Leonard Villafranco, managing partner at the law office of Villafranco & Garcia is an Executive Member of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys. The designation was merited from his skills, knowledge, training tools, resources and strategies that are needed for winning DUI cases. The American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, [...]
FORT PIERCE — Experiences of a lifetime await students and community members who travel the world through Indian River State College Study Abroad. Indian River State College will offer eight fascinating trips during 2019, with the opportunity for participants to earn college credits related to each trip’s area of emphasis. The new slate of Study [...]
VERO BEACH— The City of Vero Beach will celebrate and their 100 years of becoming an incorporated city in Florida. All activities recognizing this historic date will begin a year in advance, in October of 2018 and continue until the Centennial Celebratory Crescendo on Saturday, October 26, 2019. The Centennial Presenting Sponsor is Florida Power [...]
The John Carroll High School courtyard after the Courtyard Beautification Project. Credit: John Carroll High School FORT PIERCE — The John Carroll High School courtyard - the heart of campus - suffered the loss of its beautiful oak trees due to damage from Hurricane Irma. The school partnered with the University of Florida (UF)/IFAS Extension [...]
The historic Golden Gate Building fully restored and operating as House of Hope's Golden Gate Center for Enrichment. Credit: Tara Jacobs STUART – This August a community milestone was reached, it has been a year since the long-awaited opening of House of Hope’s Golden Gate Center for Enrichment, the distinct two-story historic building at [...]
Credit: S.E.A. a difference Environmental Services VERO BEACH-- “A Day in the Life of the Indian River Lagoon” is a community-based, citizen science, and experiential research program designed to have students, teachers, and environmental experts collaborate in the collection of water quality and biological inventories along the Indian River Lagoon. On October 4, 2018, approximately [...]
COLETTE HEID From left, Treasure Coast Community Health staff members Sherry de Cuba, chief operating officer Jessica Ormsby, Franny Watford, chief executive officer Vicki Soule, chief financial officer Andrea Fedock and Sabrina Hill. Credit: Colette Heid VERO BEACH — Treasure Coast Community Health Inc. was recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration [...]
IRSC The IRSC Hallstrom Planetarium features a 360-degree immersive digital OmniStar projection system and a state-of-the-art Spitz automated planetarium projector. Credit: IRSC FORT PIERCE -- The Hallstrom Planetarium at Indian River State College is ready to launch “A Year Full of Stars” with a season of planetarium shows in the “Starlight Series,” continue [...]
FORT PIERCE— Every year, Guardians for New Futures, a small, grassroots nonprofit organization located in St. Lucie County, coordinates and hosts a huge, two-day Child Summit at Indian River State College’s Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex in Fort Pierce. This year’s Summit, slated for Wednesday, September 26th and Thursday, September 27th is absolutely free and open [...]