Free business expo for entrepreneurs As part of its ongoing commitment to local economic growth and entrepreneur support, the City of Port St. Lucie Office of Business Tax is offering a free Pathway to Business Expo on Thursday, Jan. 18. Date: Thursday, Jan. 18 Time: 9 a.m. to noon Venue: Port St. Lucie Community Center, [...]
Costco brings jobs to Port St. Lucie Costco will be bringing hundreds of jobs to St. Lucie County as the company develops a multi-phased cold and dry storage depot at the Sansone Group’s Legacy Park at Tradition. The global company’s Port St. Lucie depot will ultimately include two facilities totaling 1.87 million square feet and [...]
ARC of the Treasure Coast acquires Alice’s Restaurant for job training The ARC of the Treasure Coast is getting into the restaurant business. The organization acquired Alice’s Family Restaurant, A Caring Cafe at 2781 S.E. Ocean Blvd. in Stuart. A soft launch and ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. The fully operational restaurant [...]
Careers in focus at St. Lucie Public Schools Student career fairs, educator and counselor industry exploration tours, ready-to-work boot camps, and business leader tours of school Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs are just some of the ways high school students and area businesses are able to connect with each other in St. Lucie County. [...]
Eastman Advanced Workforce Training Complex opens at IRSC Dozens of community leaders, donors, and other dignitaries joined President Timothy Moore, College administrators and hundreds of well-wishers as Indian River State College officially cut the ribbon on the 60,000-square-foot Eastman Advanced Workforce Complex, Florida’s newest and most technologically advanced training facility for those seeking a career [...]
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month Each October during National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), Helping People Succeed celebrates the many contributions and achievements of employees with disabilities. However, there are still many people with disabilities who would like to be employed but aren’t. Employees with disabilities are dependable, loyal, and eager to learn—and research shows [...]
Survey finds many American workers optimistic about their financial future - Bank of America announced findings from its 13th annual Workplace Benefits Report, "The Transforming Workplace" (PDF) The report revealed that two-thirds (67%) of employees believe the cost of living is outpacing growth in their salary or wages, compared to 58% in February 2022. Over the last [...]
Bank of America Increases US Minimum Hourly Wage to $23 as Next Step to $25 by 2025 Bank of America announced it has again increased its U.S. minimum hourly wage for employees on its stated path to $25 by 2025. The company will move to $23 in October. By 2025, its minimum hourly wage will [...]
Developer to renovate historic Fort Pierce Coast Guard Station The Indian River State College District Board of Trustees has unanimously accepted a proposal from Audubon Development Inc. to renovate and redevelop the historic IRSC Coast Guard House located at 1420 Seaway Trail in Fort Pierce. The project will have synergies with Audubon's King's Landing [...]
Export University 101 makes Treasure Coast debut in Martin County It takes a lot of business to succeed in business, as any entrepreneur will attest. Doing so often means tapping new markets-even ones around the world. But how to do so and effectively navigate the logistics, language barriers and labyrinthine of legalities? Those answers and [...]