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Rescue Me
Insurance rainmaker helps other executives avoid mistakes he made in his biggest nonwork crisis: helping his daughter stuck in a decade of substance abuse. SEE PAGE 14
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Attention Starved
Lee County has created a new office to help manage more than $1 billion in federal Hurricane Ian recovery funds. PAGE 3
A n u nex pected ca reer sh i f t for Kelly Hendry into the family shipyard business has paid off. PAGE 8
Hillsborough County officials have put Wimauma at the top of a list of development action plans. PAGE 12
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Prime Time
It Takes a Village
One Direction
Tampa-based Primo Water settled a lawsuit with an investor that seeks to install two new board members. PAGE 3
National real estate CEO says a lack of inventory will be the industry’s biggest drag moving forward. PAGE 16
Naples condo complex sold for $60 million. 17 Miami firm plans $200 million mixed-use project in downtown Tampa. 18 L.A. firm buys Sarasota apartment complex for $81.5 million. 18
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19 Four ways to improve employee engagement. 402158-1
DON’T MISS
Much-needed $362 million mixed-use and affordable housing project in Fort Myers surpasses funding milestone. PAGE 10
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