Last week Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida welcomed the highest number of visitors during the first quarter of the year with 29.8 million tourists who came to Florida. This is an increase of 4.8 percent over the same period last year and exceeds the previous high of 28.5 million in the first quarter of [...]
PORT ST. LUCIE – On May 16, the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) presented the 2015 HCA Awards of Distinction to recipients at a ceremony in Nashville, Tenn. The HCA Awards of Distinction include the First Humanitarian Award, the HCA Innovators Award and the HCA Excellence in Nursing Award, and are the highest honors that [...]
May 17, 2016 Welcome to the e-newsletter of Treasure Coast Business, a service of Indian River Magazine Inc. for its readers and advertising partners. If you would like to report news about your business or share a deal offered by your business, contact Publisher Gregory Enns at 772.940.9005 or email enns@indianrivermag.com. To follow our [...]
VERO BEACH – Dr. David O'Brien and Dr. Robert Reinauer of New Vision Eye Center won the LLS Conquistador's Triathlon. The USAT Sanction Sprint Triathlon was held Sunday, May 15. The event started several years ago by community members that had been affected by blood cancers to raise awareness of the fight against Blood Cancers. [...]
STUART – Martin Medical Center made national news over the weekend when patient Mary Ann Powell-Franco’s vision returned after being blind for over 20 years. Powell-Franco, who lost her sight in 1993 as a result of a car crash in Ohio. She’d needed spinal surgery to fix ruptured discs. She had a stroke on the [...]
FORT PIERCE – Mexican based Jet Rescue Air Ambulance's CEO, Carlos Salinas, and US air ambulance pioneer James Hoehn have announced a strategic partnership, resulting in a new Florida based organization, American Jet Rescue Worldwide Air Ambulance. Both leaders are twenty-five plus year veterans in the global jet air ambulance arena. The joint venture brings [...]
VERO BEACH – John’s Island Real Estate Company will be collecting unopened, shelf-stable food items to help United Against Poverty (UP) of Indian River County through May 20. Seasonal residents planning to clean out their pantries before leaving for the summer, or full-time residents who are reorganizing their pantries, can help local families in need [...]
SEBASTIAN – Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care Community has opened in Sebastian with dozens of eager residents occupying the community within days of its opening. Watercrest Senior Living, the developer, owner and operator of the 65,000-square-foot, 89-unit senior living community, broke ground on the project last spring with Walker Construction Company after identifying [...]
BY KATHLEEN FREDRICK FORT PIERCE – If good things are worth waiting for, the expansion of the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery is going to be great. Seven years ago the museum finalized its plans for a significant expansion of exhibition space. It was awarded a $400,000 grant from the St. Lucie County Tourism Development [...]
May 10, 2016 Welcome to the e-newsletter of Treasure Coast Business, a service of Indian River Magazine Inc. for its readers and advertising partners. If you would like to report news about your business or share a deal offered by your business, contact Publisher Gregory Enns at 772.940.9005 or email enns@indianrivermag.com. To follow our [...]