Business Briefs
All About Bagels & More
opens on Del Prado Boulevard
All About Bagels & More has opened at 3310 Del Prado Blvd., South, in Cape Coral.
According to Sal Cossentino, president, the new eatery “offers customers an assortment of bagels, sandwiches, rolls and other foods in a family style shop setting.”
The shop, which is open Sunday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. for breakfast and lunch, also features a variety of cream cheese spreads and catering is available.
For additional information, call 239-257-1302.
Wine Tasting Party
at Waterside Wine Club
Join us for Waterside Wine Club’s October Wine Tasting Party, “Viva il Vino,” Tuesday, Oct.2 1, at 5:30 p.m., at Cape Harbour Marina, 5785 Cape Harbour Drive, Suite 203, Cape Coral.
Embark on a journey enjoying wines that celebrate the major wine growing regions of Italy. Appetizers and tapas are professionally catered and expertly paired with the wines of the evening. Take in the sunset view overlooking the Marina at Cape Harbour, socialize with other enthusiastic wine lovers and savor delicious and unique Italian wines sure to please your palette!
For additional information, call 239-540-1557 or visit www.watersidewineclub.com
SalusCare promotes Patterson to
vice president of quality management
Mental health veteran Debra Patterson of Fort Myers has been promoted to vice president of quality management of SalusCare Inc., the region’s largest provider of treatment services for individuals with mental health and/or substance use issues.
Patterson has more than 30 years of experience as a mental health clinician and has been licensed in Florida as a mental health counselor for 25 years. Prior to her most recent appointment, she was assistant vice president of quality management for SalusCare Inc.
Patterson will be responsible for monitoring all compliance activities, accreditation needs, measuring outcomes, providing data to funders, and overall quality improvement at the non-profit agency.
Patterson joined the former Lee Mental Health Center in 1989 and served as assistant vice president of outreach services and assistant vice president of quality enhancement prior to the agency’s merger with Southwest Florida Addiction Services to become SalusCare Inc. in 2013.
SalusCare Inc. is the largest, most comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment program in Southwest Florida, serving 17,000 people per year of all ages from seven locations in Lee County and two in Hendry County. The non-profit organization offers crisis stabilization, outpatient and residential treatment as well as prevention programming and an Employee Assistance Program for about 50 area companies.
SalusCare is a United Way agency.
Five local businesses selected
as finalists for 20th Blue Chip Award
The five finalists have been named for the 20th annual Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award program: Lee County Plumbing Supply Inc., Marketplace Title, Priority Payments South Florida, Purely You Spa and Turbine Generator Maintenance Inc.
The finalists will be recognized and one will be named the winner of the 2014 Blue Chip Award at a luncheon ceremony Thursday, Nov. 6, at Harborside Event Center, at 1375 Monroe St., in Fort Myers.
In addition to recognizing the finalists and paying tribute to the winner of this year’s Blue Chip Award, the luncheon event includes a keynote address by motivational speaker and best-selling author Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Ganjigal in Afghanistan in 2009.
The event is coordinated and sponsored by BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company andBB&T Bank.
Registration begins at 11 a.m.; the program starts at 11:30 a.m. Contact Stacey Mercado at 239-433-7189 or smercado@bbandt.com for reservations and information.
BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company provides comprehensive insurance and risk-management services to families and businesses throughout Florida. The agency offers protection provided by the nation’s leading insurance companies. BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company has offices in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Holmes Beach, Miami, Naples, Ocala and Weston.
Visit Insurance.BBT.com/ to learn more. BB&T Insurance Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Branch Banking & Trust Company.
Spiro & Associates wins
13 ‘Best’ Pinnacle Awards
Spiro & Associates Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations was honored with 13 Pinnacle Awards at the Building Industry Association’s annual Building Industry Awards banquet Oct. 11 at The Grand Clubhouse at Quail West in Bonita Springs.
Pinnacle Awards pay tribute to Building Industry Association members who have obtained an outstanding level of success and professionalism in residential design, new home sales and marketing.
Spiro & Associates’ Pinnacle Awards won:
1. Marketing Representative of the Year: Cape Coral resident Christopher T. Spiro, founder, owner and creative director of Spiro & Associates.
2. Best Overall Marketing Campaign for Bonita Springs-based Gulfshore Homes’ “Departure.”
3. Best Overall On-site Signage or Sales Center Display for Sarasota-based Neal Communities’ Silverleaf Sales Center in Parrish.
4. Best Logo for Sarasota-based Neal Signature Homes’ Wildgrass community in Sarasota.
5. Best Promotional Item for Neal Signature Homes’ “Sign Here.”
6. Best Logo for Fort Myers-based appraisal firm Maxwell, Hendry & Simmons.
7. Best Overall Marketing campaign for Cape Coral-based Siesta Pebble “Nice Bottom.”
8. Best Newspaper Ad or Insert for Turn Key Homes’ Marco Island Division “Heading South” ad.
9. Best Magazine Ad for Turn Key Homes’ Marco Island Division “Key to a Custom Home.”
10. Best TV Commercial, Video or Computer-Assisted Presentation for Fort Myers-based Wayne Wiles floor Coverings “Orange Apron” TV spot.
11. Merit Award for Best Online Marketing Campaign for Fort Myers-based Action Automatic Door & Gate “Meet Doorie!”
12. Merit Award for Best Online Marketing Campaign for Fort Myers-based CRE Consultants “Business Class Office.”
13. Merit Award for Gulfshore Homes Best Brochure “Departures.”
Spiro & Associates is at 2286 West First St., in Fort Myers. For more information, visit www.spiroandasso-ciates.com or call 239-481-5511.
SW Florida Doing Business with the Dominican
Republic Luncheon & Business Expo
Above Board Chamber of Florida, in partnership with the Hispanic American Business Alliance, presents the local business community with a unique opportunity to do business with the Dominican Republic and businesses from Miami at the First SW Florida Doing Business with the Dominican Republic Luncheon and Business Expo, to be hosted at the Landings in Fort Myers Oct. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This event features a panel discussion on new business opportunities in Southwest Florida and the Dominican Republic. Featured panelists include Ralph Puga, chairman of the Alliance for International Commerce & President of the Florida Foreign Trade Association of Miami; Steven Stafford, president of Stafford International & Stafford Engineering Inc.; Carol Obermeier, marketing director at SW Florida International Airport; and Leonardo Garcia, president of the HABA.
A business delegation from the Dominican Republic will be in attendance looking to do business with local businesses.
Tickets are $22 for chamber members and $28 for non-members. Booths are available for $100.
For sponsorship, event tickets and/or booths, call Jeanne Sweeny at 239-910-7426 or go to www.abovechamber.com
Denimianco Boutique
and Pinkies Boutique merge
Locally owned Pinkies Boutique has announced its merger with Fort Myers-based, Denimianco Boutique effective July 24, 2014. As a result of the merger, Pinkies Boutique has closed its location at 11609 S. Cleveland Ave. Ste. 29, and has moved to the current Denimianco Boutique location at 12995 S. Cleveland Ave. Ste 156, in Fort Myers.
Both boutique owners, Vanessa Morales and Daiana Raina, expect this merger to increase their customer base, social reach, branding power and local presence in the Fort Myers area. All social media has been merged under the name Denimianco Boutique and has over 13,000 followers all both local and across the United States and Puerto Rico.
For additional information, visit www.denimianco.com/ and “like” their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/denimianco/ .