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BEASLEY PROFITS DROP
>>Beasley Broadcast Group Inc. (Nasdaq:BBGI) today reported a decline in its fourth quarter and annual profits. For the three-month period ended Dec. 31, The company’s net income totaled $500,000, down 82.5 percent from $3 million reported during the same period in 2006. For the year, Beasley’s profit was $4.8 million, a decrease of 52.9 percent from $10.1 million in 2006. The company attributed the drop primarily to higher overall expenses, a $400,000 million increase in interest expense due to additional borrowings to finance the acquisition of WJBR-FM and the expiration of interest rate swaps which resulted in higher borrowing costs, and the $2.2 million impairment charge.
JA LAUREATES
>> Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida has announced that Paul Flynn, past president and CEO of Southwest Florida Community Foundation, and Amy Gravina, president of Gravina, Smith & Matte, are the 2008 Business Leadership Hall of Fame laureates. The award recognizes business leaders for their professional accomplishments and community involvement. In 1983, Gravina founded the public relations firm known today as Gravina, Smith & Matte. In 1977, Flynn arrived in Fort Myers to serve as publisher of the News-Press. During his seven-year tenure, he played an influential role in the community’s growth and development, as well as in the newspaper’s success. In 1984 he left Fort Myers to help launch another Gannett newspaper, USA Today.
HAPPY 80TH
>>The American Red Cross Collier County Chapter will celebrate its 80th anniversary during “Dinner on the Lawn” from 6 to 9 p.m. on March at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club. The theme of the event will recall the era surrounding 1928, the year the chapter was inaugurated in Everglades City. A Dixieland jazz band will play while a buffet-style meal is served. A silent auction will be featured. For more information or to make a reservation by the Feb. 25 deadline, call Deanna Cleary at 596-6868, ext 14. Cost of the tickets is $150 per person.
FIGARO’S PIZZA
>>Tri-Town Construction LLC (www.tri-townconstruction.com ) has finished work on the first Figaro’s Pizza for the Naples area. It‘s at the corner of Pine Ridge and Livingston roads in the Marquesa Plaza.
NEW FLIGHT
>>AirTran starts its daily nonstop service between Buffalo and Fort Myers today . The Buffalo flight arrives at 11:05 a.m. and departs at 6:59 p.m.
PRSA MEETING
>>The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Gulf Coast Chapter will hold its monthly luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 at Northern Trust Bank, 4001 Tamiami Trail N. in Naples. The program, titled “Learning to Surf the Content Marketing Tsunami,” will explain why companies today need to develop a brand new marketing mindset to succeed in the 21st century. The session will be led by Newt Barrett, president of Succeeding Today, content marketing strategists. The cost is $24 for PRSA members, $22 for student members and $29 for nonmembers. Reservations must be made by Feb. 22 with Lauren E. Smith at lauren.smith@ritzcarlton.com.
CONCIERGE SERVICES
>>Greens Edge at Province Park will offer concierge services through an agreement with Peace of Mind Concierge. The community is on the Winkler Extension, just north of the intersection at Colonial Boulevard. The arrangement provides residents at Greens Edge with the option to use concierge services such as relocation services, errand running, reservations, house- and pet-sitting, and long-term property maintenance.
NEW WEB SITE
>>Southwest Florida Neurosurgical and Rehab & Pain Management Associates has launched a new Web site that provides a community-based, online resource for spinal/back care. The address is www.swfna.com.
SALON EXPANSION
>>Studio RK, a full-service salon in Fort Myers, has expanded. The salon is leasing a 1,700-square-foot adjacent storefront previously occupied by J.J. Denim, increasing its total space to 4,500 square feet.
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IT’S THE WINE
>>Bleu Provence, a French bistro in Old Naples, has received the Award of Ultimate Distinction from Wine Enthusiast Magazine in its annual restaurant awards for 2007.
Winners are selected based on the overall wine program, not just the size of the restaurant’s wine list. Selection, service, individuality and value are all considered in the judging process.
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