Kirstie Tandberg, a junior at Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School, located on the Winter Haven campus of Polk State College, is headed to the International Science Fair in Pittsburgh next week. The research she will bring to the Northeast focuses on lake water pollution,…
Robotics have become a big deal in Polk County. With the addition of Dr. Sijo Parekattil, the world's most experienced robotic microsurgeon, to Winter Haven Hospital last year, our educational institutions have become proactive to leverage his talent and enhance their opportunity to give their…
A property on U.S. 17 in downtown Winter Haven will soon get a face lift, when a 22,000-square-foot medical building will replace the long vacant bank drive-through. The building, to be built on the block on the east side of U.S. 17 and between Pope Avenue…
The Small Business Development Center at the CFDC and USF Poly’s Blue Sky Incubator staff will be offering entrepreneurship counseling and small business advice “on location” next week. This is a great opportunity to get to know people who are experts in getting your business…
Our friend Stuart L. Rogel, the CEO and President of the Tampa Bay Partnership (TBP), spent some time visiting downtown Winter Haven last week. He shared his experience visiting one of our communities in an eNewsletter which is distributed to the many supporters of the…
If you’re a budding entrepreneur and/or a current business owner, consider attending USFP’s Brilliant Branding Seminar this month. Amy Dennis, expert on branding, marketing and web design and owner of cedesignco in Lakeland, will be speaking at the event. For your convenience, the seminar will be offered in two different locations on…
While solving business dilemmas and Salt Lake City might seem at first glance to have nothing in common, for Winter Haven High School juniors Joey Fikert and Ryan Peardon, the two are connected to high school memories they aren’t likely to forget. Fikert and Peardon…
Yesterday staff attended an interesting seminar about Leveraging Social Media for Your Business. The seminar was presented by Celeste Walls at the Central Florida Media Group in their office at the USFP Blue Sky East Incubator and was quite enjoyable! We’ve attended several similar seminars discussing how to either…
Winter Haven Hospital continues expanding its presence in our community, this time by opening a new Memory Clinic. With cooperation from the University of South Florida Polytechnic, the clinic aims to create a holistic program. Today is the first day the clinic will begin accepting…