Deep roots
While many of its competitors were felled by the extremely challenging business environment of the Florida citrus industry in the past 15 years or so, Bernard Egan & Co. remains a solid fixture.
A Rock-Solid Commitment
Working with various veterans groups, Real Stone Monuments has created memorials that recognize the ultimate sacrifice of service men and women in maintaining the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. Vietnam veterans, Navy SEALS and veterans of World War II, Korea, Pearl Harbor, and recent conflicts have had memorials built in their honor.
Preserving a family’s storied legacy
When we met Greg Nelson a few months ago, we had to persuade him to let us profile the company he heads, Bernard Egan & Co., a fixture in the Florida citrus industry for more than a century.
Women mean business
Women mean business Tom Kindred with Alice E. Lee, president/general manager of WFLM 104.5. She is the first black owner of a regional radio station. IRSC BY TOM KINDRED In the world of small business, October holds special meaning because it is National Women's Small Business Month. It is in October when the [...]
Home Run slugger Aaron Judge uses bats made on Treasure Coast
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees is using a Chandler Bat made in Port St. Lucie
National Science Foundation’s $2.7 million award to fund electric vehicle consortium at IRSC
National Science Foundation's $2.7 million award to fund electric vehicle consortium at IRSC BY SUZANNE SELDES Indian River State College has received a three-year, $2,735,771 award from the National Science Foundation to establish a National Electric Vehicle Consortium to help alleviate an immediate shortage of skilled technical workers across almost every sector of the fast-growing [...]
Small businesses can offer job candidates advantages when competing with larger companies
Small businesses can offer job candidates advantages when competing with larger companies BY NANCY DAHLBERG You have the business, you have the production, but you don't have the people to make it all happen. Is this your business? Imagine you've landed a big government contract but you can't find enough workers to execute it. Right [...]
Small business owners’ concerns with inflation and lack of workers hit record low
Small business owners' concerns with inflation and lack of workers hit record low BY NANCY DAHLBERG Small businesses are gloomy about their future, with an index of future expectations plunging to a 48-year low. The top concerns: inflation and worker shortages. The National Federation of Independent Business optimism index stood at 93.2 in April. The [...]
Minority businesses to watch
MINORITY BUSINESSES TO WATCH Workshops provide Treasure Coast owners with tools to succeed BY CHAUNCELOR HOWELL Americans often start their own businesses to circumvent obstacles related to lack of education or experience needed to succeed in the formal economy. Most minority-owned businesses operate under the premise of owner/operator and struggle to gain access to capital [...]
Charging forward
St. Lucie Battery and Tire on a roll Doug Miller, president of St. Lucie Battery & Tire, relies on having the space to warehouse one of the most varied tire inventories among independent tire dealers in the United States. Doug has led the company since taking the reins from his father, Joey Miller, a [...]