Table of Contents
January/February 2000

• Inside Corner
  Sarasota and Manatee county officials got a few months of excitement out of it, but in the end, Tropicana Products Inc.'s search for a new headquarters site turned out to be an illusion. Some of Tampa Bay's most visible companies have vanished in mergers and acquisitions over the past year. The Sarasota-Bradenton Airport Authority is hoping a lengthened runway might entice more airline flights. And in Palm Harbor, the Designwerks advertising and marketing agency is firmly focused on the value of print.

• Leads & Deals
  Ross Kirk has been named managing director of the eastern region of Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. Raul Bermudez is the new director of revenue management while Franck Bauguil is the new chief of pre-owned yacht sales at The Moorings, Clearwater. In Lakeland, Wendy Bourland has been named manager of public affairs for Florida Citrus Mutual. And in Sarasota county, Rosedale Golf and Country Club has named Dave Dickens head golf professional.
  
  

• Top of the Leads & Deals
  The following are samples from this month's Focus Map and Leads listings. For the complete list (new each month), see the current issue of the Maddux Report. For a sample copy or subscription, call Nancy Howe at 727/823-4394, Ext. 300, or E-mail her at the address listed at the bottom of this section.
  
  

• Growth Strategies for Small Business
  BBJ Environmental Solutions Inc. is pioneering the use of biocides for cleaning up the unhealthy air that causes problems in the food, medical and lodging industries..

• Company Profile
  Move over, Mr. Clean.
  BBJ Environmental Solutions Inc. purifies with biocides.
  by Joe O'Neill

• Resource Center
  
  
• Ask the Experts
  
  
• Corporate Meetings, Travel & Getaways
  Not long ago, the TradeWinds Resort on St. Pete Beach was just one of several beach properties competing for conventions and the meeting trade. With moves over the past two years, it is now managing 1,166 rooms, making it the largest meetings resort in the Tampa Bay area.
  
  
• Telecommunications & Technology
  Amherst Corporate Computer Sales and Solutions is based in tiny Amherst, N.H., but its buyout of former Tampa firms ECWerks and SourceWerks a year ago helped spur it toward becoming one of the nation's premier computer products resellers.
  
  
• Staffing, Education & Training
  Defusing the reference minefield.Forget name-rank-and-serial-number references. Florida now allows employers more leeway in characterizing the contributions of former employees.
  by Maria Sorolis
  

• Pasco County
  The pace of growth raises the question, "Are there enough developers
  in the county?"
  by Melissa Wells
  
  
• Who You Gonna Call?
  Buyer's Guide to Internet Service Providers and Web Designers A Maddux Report listing of where to find them, who to call.

• Office Guide
  51 Hillsborough 53 Pinellas 58 Manatee 58 Sarasota 59 Pasco 59 Polk 62 Analysis
  by Laurel S. McQueen
  
  
• Focus Map
  Tampa Bay's news and leads on growth & development.