Category: Business

Yesterday’s grand opening ceremony at Publix, and the VIP pre-opening Thursday, January 12, went off without a hitch; heavily attended by a supportive Vilano Beach, South Ponte Vedra Beach and St Augustine shopping community.

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Dwaine Stevens announced to local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that next Saturday, January 14th, at 8:00 a.m., approximately 110 Publix associates will go to work when the door to their new Vilano Beach Town Center supermarket opens to shoppers.

Good news for travel and tourism businesses in town, after a Newton, Massachusetts based travel website, TripAdvisor, released a report to Historic City News indicating that St Augustine is one of the top 15 “destinations on the rise” for 2012 — as ranked by TripAdvisor travelers and editors.

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When Florida’s Governor Rick Scott came through St Augustine and Palm Coast earlier this year, he spoke to area business leaders and elected officials about his agenda — calling for the merger of major agencies, streamlined rules and regulations, and more money for incentives to attract companies to move to Florida.