Author: Mike Fender

Awarding Excellence

After 28 years in the classroom, it would be safe to say that teaching has helped put a roof over Jacqueline Sheffield’s head—not just metaphorically. Earlier this year, the 51-year-old math teacher at Fort Walton Beach High School was named…

From Hobby to Market

While many people remember a cash-centered square with tables and tents offering mostly fruits, vegetables, and potted plants, innovations have transformed the farmers market into a laboratory for the entrepreneurially minded. There are many advantages to beginning a small business…

Alluxsuites at 1876

Business is conducted at the capital. While many of Tallahassee’s visitors are transient, staying for days or weeks at a time, high-quality hotels are limited, opening a gap for travelers seeking apartment-like comforts rather than a simple refuge while staying…

More Than Convenient

Every story needs a hook, an opening line so brilliant, the reader is compelled to reach the next line, so at first, the following words may feel like a lackadaisical start, “Another gas station may be coming to the Florida…

Co:Lab Pensacola

It’s a dream for many: Come up with an idea in this internet-driven world, and launch a business that will lead them to success and financial freedom. But for 80 percent of those dreamers, reality turns that dream into a…

Airbus Effect

Watching the world’s fourth-largest commercial aerospace manufacturing city explode with growth just off your doorstep might be a source of envy for many. But don’t count Northwest Florida in that mix. Building upon the ripple effect of this growth in…