News & Public Affairs
Seminole Heights Walmart? Residents say no!
03/15/13 Janelle IrwinLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Walmart, local business, Health Mutt, The Refinery, Tampa, business, Seminole Heights
The City of Tampa has approved waivers for Walmart to build driveways at a property on Hillsborough Avenue West of 22nd St in the Seminole Heights neighborhood. Some local businesses aren't worried about the impacts to their bottom line, but residents say they'll shun the big box store.
Be the first to commentWalmart in Seminole Heights? Doesn't matter much to some local businesses listen
03/14/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Walmart, local business, Health Mutt, The Refinery, Tampa, business, Seminole Heights
Documents have surfaced that suggest Walmart might open a store in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood. But some locally owned businesses in the area aren’t sweating it. The big-box giant is feared in some communities for its propensity to put the little guys out of business. But Kendra Bailey, owner of Health Mutt on Central Avenue, said they can survive because they offer things Walmart doesn’t.
Be the first to comment“What we do is we have a niche product. I know that Cleanse also has a Niche product. ...
WorkNet Pinellas holds 5th Annual Business & Education Summit listen
09/16/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: business, education, education funding, schools, school funding, jobs
One reason it may be hard for people to find work is because many job skills are not taught in school curricula. Today was the 5th annu8al business and education summit, which sought to give local school curricula guidance from the Pinellas business community.
Many businesses believe that they can help provide students with skills that will get students in the jobs they want by summits like today. WorkNet Pinellas held the summit along with several other corporate sponsors. Tony Leisner i...
Be the first to commentHillsborough businesses hear the latest from Republican U.S. Representatives listen
08/11/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: business, Chamber of Commerce, Brandon, water quality, Civilian Conservation Corps
As Hillsborough County businesses are looking for a way out of the economic hardships facing the country, the Brandon Chamber of Commerce invited local businesses to their membership luncheon today, where some local legislators updated the chamber on the latest from congress.
While the nation struggles to reach compromise in the tenuous political climate, local business owners with the Brandon were mainly interested in a Republican perspective for economic so...
Be the first to commentFlorida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy wants federal legislation listen
02/11/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: clean energy, business, cap and trade
Members of the business community in Florida recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to push for climate legislation, including a cap on carbon pollution and a market to trade emissions. They have joined with other businesses across the state to form the Florida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy.
Susan Glickman with Natural Resources Defense Council says their goal is to lobby Florida’s U.S. Senators to support climate and energy legislation. ...
2 commentsNanotechnology the topic of global technology roundtable listen
01/30/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Science, research, business, nanotechnology, technology
This morning at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater, executives from five weapons and technology companies, some with connections to the Tampa Bay area, discussed the future of nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology involves engineering on a very small scale. Most nanotech products are on the order of about 100 nanometers.
But just because a technology is small doesn’t make it nanotech. The properties or functions of the system must change at those small scales.
James Burns, senior vice pre...
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