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• Robin Groelle, former director of college counseling at St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton, has opened College Counseling.Her service provides students and their parents with a personalized approach to planning for college.With more than 25 years of counseling experience and college connections throughout the state and the nation, Groelle advocates for students, helping them discover [...] College Counseling
• Same Day Computer provides the rapid repair and upgrade of both business and personal computers. Computers brought into the facility by noon are repaired and ready to be picked up the same day.“In this tough economic climate, it is significantly less expensive to repair your computer than to replace it,” said company founder Joshua Youssef. [...] Same Day Computer Repair & Upgrade Center
• Opened by Jeff Little, Sandy Paws offers raised tubs, gentle stairs, warm water and natural shampoos and conditioners, to make for a pleasing experience.Full service washing and professional grooming are also available.Diatomous Earth is available for organic control of fleas, ticks and other pests. 462-0538.Sandy Paws Self Serve Dog Wash LLC, 624 14th St. W., [...] Sandy Paws Self Serve Dog Wash LLC
• Opened by Ernie Allen, this promotional products business has taken the guesswork out of online ordering by offering a personal concierge service that allows clients from any industry to choose its corporate attire selections. EmbroideryFits.com dispatches a representative to the client with an size and style are suitable.With a large assortment of jerseys, [...] EmbroideryFits.com
• Franchise owners Joe and Marilyn Bushno offer assistance with all tile and grout maintenance needs.Services include grout cleaning and sealing, recoloring existing grout, regrouting, recaulking, grout and tile repair, sealing new grout and natural stone care.  groutdoctor.com, 755-1300.The Grout Doctor,  serving the Manatee County area.Published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Business Weekly on July 12, 2010. The Grout Doctor
• Founded by Gary Huston, Renovate Sarasota is an alliance composed of select local independent business professionals who are leaders in their respective trades and who have met a stringent set of criteria.The company says its mission is to help identify the 'best of the best' and most trusted resources for home renovation and remodeling projects.RenovateSarasota.com, [...] Renovate Sarasota LLC
• Fox Business Group LLC, 6004 93rd Circle E., Bradenton, has opened a career planning division.Fox now offers seminars and individual consultations with job seekers to focus their career search by identifying their interests, transferable skills, work style, work environment and work-related values. Services include help in exploring potential careers and employers, developing an action plan, [...] Fox Business Group LLC
• Coastal Behavioral Healthcare Inc. has converted its Children's Crisis Unit to an Adult Crisis Unit.All children needing inpatient psychiatric care (Baker Act) will be seen at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Bayside Center, 1650 S. Osprey Ave., Sarasota.Coastal Behavioral healthcare is a non-profit organization providing mental health and addiction treatment, prevention and intervention services for children, adolescents, [...] Adult Crisis Unit
• Specializing in custom pool enclosures and screened lanais, the company began under the name of Commercial Residential Construction of Venice Inc.Along with the name change comes an expanded product line that includes carports, covered walkways, fences, handrails, house gutters, soffits and fascias, and windows.The company is accredited with the Better Business Bureau. craluminum.com, (866) 688-3645.CRA, [...] CRA, Commercial Residential Aluminum
• Impact Mediation practice has opened in Lakewood Ranch, serving the greater Sarasota and Manatee area.Opened by Michael and Ruth Harshman, the practice focuses on family, circuit civil and residential mortgage foreclosure mediation. Ruth Harshman has a master's degree in psychology and was  mayor of Poland, Ohio, for nearly 18 years. Michael Harshman has practiced law [...] Impact Mediation