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Historic house goes solar

Manatee County has taken its first step to answer the demand for solar power in the wake of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Solar energy now powers the Valentine House, the new guest center that opened May 1 at the county’s Robinson Preserve. One of the oldest houses in the [...] Read more

Business leaders work to attract German airline

The Hamburg-based Condor Air will meet with Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) officials on Monday, July 19, to discuss the possibility of offering direct flights from Frankfurt to SRQ. And Engel & Völkers Longboat Key/Anna Maria Island president/broker Ray Alexander and agent Tina Rudek are working with local business leaders to show the airline that its [...] Read more

Feds: Odds favor oil missing AMI

Tourism operators have a new tool to use to answer questions about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s potential impact on Anna Maria Island. A computer model map showing the probability of the oil’s path shows the Island has a 1-20 percent chance of being directly hit by oil or tar balls, according to the National [...] Read more

Oil strategies for tourism industry eyed

The new Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau director urged tourism operators last week to keep beating the drum with the message that the beaches are clean and Anna Maria Island is open for business. With $79,000 in lost revenue and 422 lost room nights reported to the bureau by the local tourism industry since [...] Read more

Engel & Volkers Helps Coordinate Support for German Air Line‟s Direct Route to SRQ

Holmes Beach, FL – July 12, 2010 – Engel & Volkers Longboat Key/Anna Maria Island Realty broker & agent, Ray Alexander & Tina Rudek are proactively working to garner support form community business leaders for Hamburg based, Condor Air‟s potential direct flights from Frankfurt, Germany to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) . Named „Operation Condor,‟ Rudek [...] Read more

Home building in Southwest Florida on the mend

After the worst year in the home building business since the Great Depression, Southwest Florida builders and their subcontractors are getting busy again. Builders in Manatee County are firing up their cement mixers and nail guns the fastest. But other parts of the region — including hard-hit North Port — also are beginning to see [...] Read more

First solar air-conditioning system in Florida House

Representatives from Tri County Air Conditioning and Heating Inc. joined Sarasota County commissioners and announced today plans to install a Lennox solar-powered air-conditioning system at the Florida House.  The system is the first of its kind in Florida.  The new system could decrease electric bills by as much as 50%. Additionally, when the unit is [...] Read more

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