When Gwen McLeod awakes each morning, it’s with more than one purpose. For the first part of her day, this Fort Pierce native and mother of six gets dressed to head to her day job at Fort Pierce Preparatory Academy. She spends the hours between 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. as the school’s front desk clerk. But when her school day is done, she shifts gears and focuses on her 8-year-old multi-service business center, Successful Solutions... Read More >>
Michael D. Minton named Tax Attorney of the Year
Dean Mead attorney and shareholder Michael D. Minton was honored by The Florida Bar Tax Section as the 2023 – 2024 Gerald T. Hart Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year at the Section's meeting in Orlando. He is the first resident from the Treasure Coast of Florida to receive this award... Read More >>
Tesoro Club expands new home offerings
Tesoro Club is adding three new home builders its roster of industry professionals. Tesoro’s managing partner, Tim Jones, revealed details on the expansion of the new home collection with homes by Ecclestone Signature Homes, GHO Homes, and Janssen Construction. GHO Homes will begin building eight luxury residences at Tesoro Club immediately... Read More >>
Haunted Halloween weddings
Love is in the eerie October air, and what better way to celebrate it than with a spellbinding Halloween-themed wedding ceremony? St. Lucie County Clerk & Comptroller Michelle R. Miller offers a bewitching opportunity for couples to tie the knot in a hauntingly romantic atmosphere on Oct.30 - 31, 2023...Read More >>
Enhancing training design with Systems Thinking
The rationale behind incorporating systems thinking in Instructional Design lies in the fact that business organizations are intricate and dynamic social systems engineered to achieve specific objectives. The ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) framework places significant emphasis on analysis in training development...Read More >>
Nonprofit News
Best of the Best Annual Juried Exhibition at the Backus Museum
The A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery announces the accepted works of art and award winners for the 2023 Juried Art Exhibition The Best of the Best. A total of 22 awards were conferred to distinguished examples in each of the four entry categories. The exhibition will be on display to the public October 8 through November 10, 2023 at 500 N. Indian River Drive in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce...Read More >>
Deborah Gooch Memorial Retrospective to open
A memorial retrospective of forty paintings by Deborah Gooch, an influential artist and teacher who worked in Vero Beach for more than 30 years, will open with a reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 at the Center for Spiritual Care. Proceeds from sales of the paintings will go to fund a scholarship in her name granted by the Vero Beach Art Club...Read More >>