Average 401(k) Balances Up Nearly 10% in 2023 Bank of America released its Q2 2023 Participant Pulse (PDF), which found average 401(k) balances increased by $7,250 (9.6%) since the end of 2022. The report also found that a growing number of 401(k) participants are initiating withdrawals from their plans. The number of participants taking hardship distributions [...]
Unlock your small business potential at the Florida SBDC Network Small Business Success Summit 2023 Calling all small business owners! Get ready for an event that will propel your business to new heights. The Florida SBDC Network proudly presents the Small Business Success Summit 2023, taking place on August 2-3, 2023 at the prestigious Westin [...]
Community survey on housing needs launches in Fort Pierce The City of Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, and Port St. Lucie have partnered together on a Housing Needs Assessment with the goal of informing decisions to address current and future housing issues throughout the county. The questions in this survey will help local leaders better [...]
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 [...]
United Way hosts final Powered by Purpose event Deana Shatley, Jeff Pickering, Trevor Loomis, and Dori Stone discuss ALICE in panel. United Way of Indian River County's final Powered by Purpose of the season featured local community leaders' perspectives on the ALICE population. ALICE stands for asset-limited, income-constrained, employed. These are hardworking individuals working just to make ends meet. ALICE is essential [...]
Total Truck Parts breaks ground in PSL Total Truck Parts executives Marc Karon, Tom Gibson, Leo Cordeiro and Dennis Imbody break ground for the company's new 47,000-square-foot facility on Glades Cutoff Road in Port St. Lucie. Officials from Total Truck Parts and local dignitaries broke ground in Port St. Lucie, Florida, for [...]
GFNF4Kids Children's Advocacy Center to host groundbreaking event Guardians for New Futures | Children's Advocacy Center (GFNF4Kids | CAC), a leading nonprofit fighting child abuse in the 19th Circuit, is excited to announce it is hosting a Champions for Children Healing Garden Groundbreaking. The BBQ event will kick-off the construction of the state of the [...]
FAU Harbor Branch receives $2.8 million gift Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has received $2.8 million from Builders Initiative to establish a queen conch hatchery in Grand Bahama. This support expands FAU Harbor Branch's extensive aquaculture and food security program focused on replenishing queen conch populations throughout the Caribbean. It also enables development [...]
An out of this world 'Art Out of the Box' exhibit Members of Martin Artisans Guild were delighted, energized and creatively stimulated by what they saw during a visit to Art Basel, during last December's Miami Art Week. The sojourn generated the theme for the Guild's next exhibit. Opening day of the exhibit will be Wednesday, [...]
Stuart Air Show: Supporting community nonprofits Clark Advanced Learning Center - Inez van Ravenzwaaij, SAS executive director, Cindy Groover, SAS treasurer, Delaney Dyer, Leslie Judd, Clark Advanced Learning Center principal and SAS volunteer leader, Sienna Perez, Isabella Buchanan and Dewey Vinaya, SAS president The Stuart Air Show is more than a weekend of [...]