Recently I was the master of ceremonies for a Urban Land Institute-Tampa Bay panel on St. Petersburg’s growing and emerging districts. Here is how the Tampa Bay Times covered it: Trigaux: Both cool and growing, downtown St. Pete debates how to sustain its magic (BTW: Check out the photo credit —right place, right time). Fascinating… [Read More]
Rogel Leads First-Ever Urban Land Institute Panel to Redevelop St. Petersburg’s Skyway Plaza Retail Center
Stuart Rogel, President and CEO of Graylan Ventures, chaired the first-ever Tampa Bay Urban Land Institute (ULI) Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to address a critical neighborhood need for the transformational South St. Petersburg community. The panel was sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg and the property owner, Brixmor Property Group. to explore current and… [Read More]
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County Business Competitiveness Survey
The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County and its many partners work every day to grow and diversify Sarasota County’s economy. A key element of their strategy is understanding the needs, perspectives, and issues that existing businesses face as they grow and thrive in the community. Although the EDC works and interacts every day with… [Read More]
CareerEdge Funders Collaborative Sustainable Funding Strategy
The mission of Career Edge Funders Collaborative is to provide an exceptional labor force to the Sarasota/Bradenton region’s growing industries by leveraging community assets and forming high-performing workforce partnerships. Career Edge engaged Graylan Ventures to develop a fundraising and investor relations strategy to provide a sustainable source of funding for CareerEdge. Additionally, Graylan Ventures provided… [Read More]
GrowFL Manufacturers Business Growth Program
Graylan Ventures is a senior advisor to GrowFL for the Manufacturers Business Growth Program, an initiative with Florida Makes to assist CEOs, presidents or business owners of second-stage manufacturing, biotechnology, research & development, or engineering businesses who are looking to grow their company or address challenging business problems. GrowFL was created in 2009 as an… [Read More]
Florida Economic Development Council: Position Paper to Enterprise Florida Board of Directors
Graylan Ventures, LLC was the principal investigator and author of the Florida Economic Development Council’s (FEDC) 2016 position paper regarding the reorganization of Enterprise Florida. Working with FEDC leadership, Graylan Ventures developed recommendations regarding the reorganization of Enterprise Florida. Valuable input was garnered from a broad representation of Florida’s economic development stakeholders and incorporated into… [Read More]