Key West has escaped me for quite some time. I had been to Key West a few times before in my life, but all were as a kid. One time I helped my dad work down there for a day while in college (we took a day trip from South Florida). Other than that, I had […]
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Old Florida: A Gateway of Opportunity – An Eighth Generation Floridian Reflects on His Family’s Accomplishments
By Luke Strickland (Tallahassee, FL) Ever since I can remember I’ve known of family stories that happened in old Florida. For generations my family has been in the Sunshine State and each generation seems to have picked up a tale or two. My great-great-great-grandfather, B.E. Mclin, was the second Commissioner of Agriculture for the […]
Joe Russo Building the Palm Beaches Into a Tech Hub
Palm Beach Tech is a multi-faceted nonprofit organization that is working to build the Palm Beaches into a tech hub. They do that through events and programs, most of which are hosted at the Palm Beach Tech SPACE, a 3,500-square foot open area with five offices and a conference room, located in downtown West Palm […]
Elizabeth Avenue Station An Entrepreneurial Space for Creatives
When Danni Mitchell was preparing for her wedding this year, she began looking for a space she could get creative in. She didn’t want to feel trapped by wedding spaces that were confined by what was already there. That might seem a bit out-of-the-box for most people who would like to avoid adding more work […]
K9s For Warriors Changing The Way We Take Care of Veterans With PTSD
Our nation’s veterans are made up of individuals of all walks of life, but they are a special group of people. They put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms. As we celebrate Veterans Day this month, Episode 33 of the Agents of Innovation podcast pays tribute to our veterans by featuring an […]
Rock by the Sea 2013: It’s All Family
I promised another follow up blog post regarding Rock by the Sea and so here it is. My first two posts focused on one of our favorite musicians and members of the Rock by the Sea family, Jackson Rohm, as well as about the role some of the talent at Rock by the Sea plays […]
Rock By The Sea 2013: Rock Stars as Role Models
This is my second in a series of blog posts about my experience at Rock by the Sea 2013… On Friday, Rock by the Sea really kicks into full gear. For those who got in Thursday (or earlier) they tend to have plenty of time on Friday to hit up the pool, the beach, or […]
Rock by the Sea 2013: Farewell to Jackson Rohm?
This is my first in a series of blog posts about my experience at Rock by the Sea 2013… Rock by the Sea’s 2013 festival in Panama City Beach was a great success. I’m honored and humbled to be on the board of directors of this great organization which organizes music festivals to raise money […]
Caught the Spirit of the Suwannee
Yesterday, I spent the day at the Magnolia Music Festival, held at the “Spirit of the Suwannee” state music park. It couldn’t have been a more heavenly day – clear blue skies, temperature in the mid 70s, dropping to the mid 60s at night. Like much of northern Florida, the park hosts many live oak […]
Thankful to be in Florida
I spent this Thanksgiving holiday with some family in Jacksonville, Florida. My parents came up from Palm Beach county and my brother and I left Gainesville, FL (where I had been all week for some ISI business) to join my cousin, her husband and 3 kids, as well as an aunt and an uncle, for […]