Fort Pierce Rotary honors business leaders The Fort Pierce Rotary Club recently organized a Business Leaders Luncheon at the Pelican Yacht Club on Seaway Drive. The event was attended by 85 local business leaders and 40 Rotarians. The event's purpose was to recognize the contributions of the business leaders in making Fort Pierce/St. Lucie County [...]
Survey says 76% of small businesses feel well-equipped to survive a recession The majority of U.S. small business owners (72 percent) are concerned about the impact of a potential recession; however, 76 percent are confident their business could withstand the downturn, according to the Bank of America 2023 Small Business Owner Report (PDF). The survey of [...]
Hog Technologies announces former VP of Sales to return as President of the company James P. Crocker, Founder and CEO of HOG Technologies, the leading pavement maintenance and marking removal solution, recently announced the return of Vince Giordano as President of the company: "I would like to take this opportunity to say how thrilled we [...]
Electrical wholesale distributor opens in Palm City Electrical wholesale distributor City Electric Supply (CES) recently opened in Palm City, Florida, the company's 116th location in the state. The vision to open a Palm City branch came about 14 years ago. Regional Manager Mike Bertone, who was a district manager at the time, was set to open [...]
Kings Logistics Center tops off Celebrating the installation of the roof and the near-completion of the Kings Logistics Center warehouse in Fort Pierce, the project's general contractor Catamount Constructors hosted a "topping off" event on March 28. "Roofing a 664,176-square-foot building is a substantial undertaking and well worth celebrating," said construction superintendent Thomas Naumann. "A [...]
Port St. Lucie welcomes innovative human milk processing company LactaLogics co-founder Glenn Snow (at right) during one of the company's three human milk processing pilot runs at the TetraPak Pilot Plant in Denton, Texas. The TetraPak technology will be installed in LactaLogics new processing facility in Port St. Lucie. LactaLogics, a mission-driven company [...]
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.
IRSC hosts discussion on transportation and logistics The Indian River State College (IRSC) Eastman Advanced Workforce Training Complex will serve as the backdrop on Wednesday, April 5, for a critical discussion about improving the supply chain through new opportunities in transportation and logistics. The event features remarks from Dr. Timothy Moore, President of Indian River [...]
Dr. Teresa Albizu reveals the pervasiveness of domestic violence at Port St. Lucie Business Women meeting Port St. Lucie Business Women program chair Dorothy Kamm, Dr. Teresa Albizu, CEO, SafeSpace, PSL Business Women president Devon Dwyer. Photo Courtesy of Diane Gallagher, DSG Design & Photography "The definition of domestic violence is when a [...]
MIDFLORIDA names Shrita Walker to lead commercial lending program in Treasure Coast market Shrita Walker MIDFLORIDA Credit Union is pleased to announce that Shrita Walker has been named vice president/commercial loan officer with the Commercial Lending Department. In her new role, she will be responsible for originating commercial loan business. A veteran of [...]