A group of Pinellas County business leaders today picked apart a study that indicates the Tampa Bay Rays were responsible for drawing 5 percent of the county's expected 5 million-plus overnight visitors in 2008. ...more

December 11, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio won several concessions from leaders of Lowry Park Zoo on Friday that both sides say should prevent future financial deals between the zoo and its executives. ...more

September 20, 2008

Sarah Pallone, who has been interim director of the Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce since Dan Andrews was fired in April, has been named the new president and CEO. ...more

August 30, 2008

Art Georgiou, the incoming chairman of the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce, says one of his immediate goals will be to work with staff on rebuilding the business-boosting group's image. In the last couple of years the agency has been hit by a wave of negative media publicity arising from civil suits against the chamber and administrative errors of the past. ...more

September 15, 2007