Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has been named to Travel + Leisure‘s Global Vision Awards list, which recognizes companies, individuals, destinations, and organizations that are making strides in sustainable and responsible travel. Selby Gardens was also recently recognized by Vogue and USA Today on each publications’s list of best botanical gardens in the U.S.

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is a winner of Gallup’s Exceptional Workplace Award for 2025, which recognizes organizations that have put employees first and set benchmarks for excellence in the work environment.

Sarasota Memorial also recently named its Employee of the Year, Diane Troupe-Bryant, who works as a health unit coordinator on the respiratory progressive care unit at SMH-Sarasota, and its Leader of the Year, Jackie Gould, the clinical manager for the srthopedic-surgical department at SMH-Venice. 

Laurel Civic Association recently announced the appointment of Mary Jo Heider as the organization’s new chief development officer. 

Sarasota-based Atlas Insurance Agency has announced its acquisition of Atlas Employee Benefits. 

Big Waters Land Trust, formerly Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, announced the permanent conservation of 14.5 acres at The Elling Eide Center in Sarasota County.