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By Kenneth Books John Farrow was born to be a contractor. He said he became interested in construction “probably about the time I was 4 and started playing with Legos and building blocks. In summers in high school, I’d actually go work on construction sites.” He also put himself through school...
One Okaloosa EDC announced that Boeing Global Services has selected Fort Walton Beach for a competitive expansion project. The anticipated $2,550,000 project involves a 20,000 SF expansion to the company’s existing facility located at 20 Hill Ave. in the Fort Walton Beach Commerce & Technology Park. In addition, Boeing’s...

Lifecycle of Stewardship

By Courtney Lindberg, ArborBrook Advisors Goals are good. Plans are better. Relationships are best. January has faded and, unfortunately, but statistically accurate, most of our goals and resolutions set not so long ago. There are many books, many gurus, videos, etc. out there discussing how to achieve all your dreams, some of them...
By Chris Balzer What does R-value mean?  R-value measures insulation’s resistance to heat flow.  It can also be referred to as “thermal resistance.”  The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating power.  All materials having the same R-value, regardless of type, thickness, or weight are equal in insulating power.  ...
Meet Jay and Ross. People that know them say they’re the yin and yang together—each with very different personalities, but ones that fit together perfectly. Maybe that’s why their business, Atlanta and Dallas-based X8 Marketing, LLC, is such a hit with their clients. “We always seem to find that...
By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone Last month, we updated everyone on the changing insurance marketplace in Florida, and the fact that the hard market (increase in premiums and tighter carrier guidelines) will continue for at least another year. I do not anticipate any improvement until well into 2023. Knowing that insurance...
By Maurice Stouse, Financial Advisor and Branch Manager The U.S. economy is on a tear so to speak. Economic growth is considered by some to be beyond red hot (Fidelity recently called it “white hot”). Corporate profits have been growing at record paces, despite higher prices for materials and labor....

Wrapping Up the Year

By Donna Montalvo, A2Z 2021 has come to a close and we here at A2Z Specialty Advertising would like to look back at the winners of the Gabby Bruce You Make A Difference award. We were provided with a wide variety of nominations for this award through the Cumulus stations that,...
By Joe Capers, Insurance Zone It has been two years since we wrote about the changing insurance market place in Florida. Because we are nearly surrounded by water with the possibility of storms and other natural disasters so evident, the cycles are much more pronounced. Typically, insurance industry cycles will last...
By Kenneth Books Mike Phillips may have been born to work in HVAC. From high school electronics classes to study of AC, DC and transistors, he has always been technologically curious. And it led him to ownership of Holt-Phillips Services, purveyors of Trane environmental products. “My dad talked to me about...