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1 BBN Brevard Business News Vl. 36 N. 35 August 27, 2018 $1.00 A Weekly Space Cast Business Magazine with Publishing Rts in America since 1839 Club Esteem students blaze trail as first generatin t attend cllege in their families By Ken Datzman One f the surest ways t lift yung peple up in life is thrugh educatin. But yu have t empwer their parents t, experts say, making them majr stakehlders in the transfrmatin prcess n the path t ecnmic pprtunity. One lcal nnprfit rganizatin, which will mark its 25th year in 2019, has been uplifting the lives f ecnmically disadvantaged yuth with impressive results. Club Esteem in Melburne has fstered a career pathway mdel where the results have been nthing shrt f the kind f classrm achievement that educatrs and mentrs lve t tut, and deservingly s. Sme f its students have even been part f the prestigius, highly cmpetitive Gates Millennium Schlars Prgram, funded by a grant frm the Bill and Melinda Gates Fundatin. Bill Gates funded Micrsft. Each year, their prgram enables mre than 5,000 minrity students t g t cllege. The students are selected typically frm a pl f mre than 50,000 applicants. Club Esteem runs a structured after schl prgram fr children and teens frm the ecnmically disadvantaged cmmunities f Suth Melburne and Palm Bay. It has a summer prgram, t. The prgrams are designed t enhance academic skills and life skills fr the participants. Club Esteem is all abut giving kids the visin, giving kids the hpe, and giving kids the skills they need t succeed in life, said Dr. Kim Deffebach, a child psychlgist in private practice wh is a bard member f Club Esteem. They wrk extremely hard t reach their gals. We have amazing students and parents wh want the best fr their children. Dr. Deffebach has been actively invlved with the rganizatin fr 20 years. Mst f the students in the prgram live belw the pverty level. In fact, 97 percent f the students are frm lw incmes families. Ninety eight percent f the students are minrities. But they all seem t reach new heights nce they enter Club Esteem s prgram, which is ffered at n cst t families. As part f the Club Esteem agreement, bth the child and a parent must sign a cmmitment t persnal and academic excellence. And they embrace that cmmitment. The prgram s lng running success is an investment in the cmmunity, and a life changer fr the participating students and families. Just in the past year alne, we ve had 11 kids frm Club Esteem graduate frm high schl and all f them qualified fr cllege schlarship mney. They are all cllege bund, t, said Certified Financial Planner Dn McGee f Merrill Lynch in Melburne, wh is a bard member f Club Esteem and has als served as a president f the rganizatin. His practice partner at Merrill Lynch, Michael Welch Jr., is als a current bard member f Club Esteem and a past president f the rganizatin. Tgether, they run McGee Welch Wealth Advisrs at Merrill Lynch. McGee is the senir vice president and Welch is the senir financial advisr. Dn gt me invlved in Club Esteem abut eight years BBN pht Adrienne B. Rth Club Esteem Inc., which will mark its 25th year in 2019, has had a wide impact n the lives f children f lw incme families in the area. Club Esteem, which runs an after schl prgram fr yuth, bsts a 100 percent high schl graduatin rate, cmpared t Flrida s average graduatin rate f 60 percent fr lw incme students. Mst f Club Esteem students earn schlarships and g n t cllege. Frm left, Club Esteem bard members include: Dn McGee, Merrill Lynch; Michael Welch, Merrill Lynch; and Dr. Kim Deffebach, a psychlgist in private practice. Club Esteem will hst its main fundraiser, Rck The Casbah, Sept. 29 at Matt s Casbah in dwntwn Melburne. Ellena Little is the executive directr f Club Esteem. ag. It s been a very rewarding experience t see the accmplishments f the students, said Welch, whse rganizatin is gearing up fr the annual Rck The Casbah fundraiser fr Club Esteem, set fr 6:30 p.m. n Saturday, Sept. 29, at Matt s Casbah in dwntwn Melburne. McGee has been invlved with Club Esteem fr abut 15 years. He s seen the rganizatin grw and evlve int PRESORTED STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS, INC the success it is experiencing tday, under the leadership f Ellena Little, executive directr f Club Esteem. When I started with Club Esteem we were serving abut 35 kids. Tday, we are serving mre than 175 yung peple. We have sme ancillary prgrams and tw remte sites frm the main campus, which is lcated at Lipscmb Please see Club Esteem, page 23

2 BPS launches plan t supprt student mental health, hires 16 schl scial wrkers and fur psychlgists VIERA T meet students mental health needs in additin t new state requirements, Brevard Public Schls has created a cmprehensive Mental Health Assistance Plan and hired 16 schl scial wrkers, fur schl psychlgists and five instructinal assistants. The expanded supprts and prcedures prvide direct access t a cntinuum f mental health supprt fr students and families, and prmtes a psitive schl climate. The plan addresses requirements set by Senate Bill 7026, a bill fcused n schl security and student mental health in Flrida, and was created fllwing the February 2018 shting at Marjrie Stneman Duglas High in Brward Cunty. BPS received a mental health assistance allcatin f $1.7 millin frm the state t meet the mandates set by the bill. The district s plan and state allcatin cme at a critical time as many f tday s students are affected by the mental health crisis and the stigmas assciated with mental health challenges. Accrding t the Center fr Disease Cntrl, American Psychlgical Assciatin and Natinal Alliance n Mental Illness: l 1 in 5 children ages have r will have a serius mental illness l 11 percent f yuth have a md disrder l 10 percent f yuth have a behavir r cnduct disrder l 8 percent f yuth have an anxiety disrder The district is using the allcatin t expand the existing schl based mental health care and access t mental health services fr students. BPS effrts include increasing supprt and mental health staff, prviding district wide mental health training and creating mental health referral prcedures. Melissa Catechis, directr f Student Supprt Services, said: Safe, caring and well managed learning envirnments are critical cmpnents f prmting psitive mental health grwth. This is dne by prmting a psitive schl culture and climate. A psitive schl climate is driven by staff and adults creating, implementing, mdeling and reinfrcing the psitive attitudes, beliefs and values f their schl. Schl scial wrkers may cnduct mental health interventins including individual, grup and family cunseling services fr students and hme visits t gather infrmatin. They als crdinate services with utside prviders fr students with ne r mre mental health r cmrbid substance abuse diagnses, and students at risk f such diagnses. Schl psychlgists prvide mental health assessments, interventin, treatment, recvery services and referrals fr utside diagnsis. The additinal instructinal assistants supprt elementary certified schl cunselrs. Instructinal assistants help with nn cunseling duties such as data cllectin, recrd keeping and classrm supprt. Anther cmpnent f the plan is Yuth Mental Health First Aid training fr schl staff. The training is designed t prepare staff t help an adlescent experiencing a mental health r addictin challenge, r is in crisis. Training tpics include anxiety, depressin, substance use and abuse, disrders which may invlve psychsis, disruptive behavir disrders and eating disrders. Furthermre, a BPS mental health wrkgrup standardized the mental health prvider referral prcess and is establishing data cllectin prcedures t reprt statistics t the state. The new fur step referral pathway begins with recgnitin f a pssible mental health cncern and can lead t interventins and ptential referrals t mental healthcare prviders. Dr. Tll is new principal at Turner Elementary, has wrked fr BPS fr years PALM BAY Dr. Ashley Tll said she plans t build relatinships with the cmmunity, students and teachers as th e new principal f Turner Elementary. I am lking frward t influencing and cnnecting with a new cmmunity f students and teachers and cntinue t help them reach their gals. I am hnred that I was chsen t be the principal at Turner. I feel like this will a great fit fr me and I am lking frward t leading a great grup f students and teachers. Dr. Tll has wrked fr Brevard Public Schls thrughut her 14 years in educatin. She began her teaching career at Discvery Elementary in Palm Bay and went n t be assistant principal at Endeavur Elementary in Cca and then Meadwlane Intermediate in West Melburne. I am prud f the amazing relatinships that I have made with students at all f the schls that I have wrked at in Brevard Cunty, Dr. Tll said. Helping students discver their self wrth and ability t succeed is ne f the mst rewarding parts f my jb. Dr. Tll is a Melburne High graduate and attended Discvery Elementary and Central Middle in West Melburne. She earned bachelr s and dctrate degrees frm Flrida State University and a master s degree frm Nva Sutheastern. Her dctral research fcused n equity in discipline fr elementary students. 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4 Change is gd and change is needed like nw fr me, ff t Wheatn By Christal Petersn UCF Frum clumnist University f Central Flrida I wish there was a way t knw yu re in the gd ld days befre yu ve actually left them. Frm the final episde f The Office televisin shw. Studies shw that the mst cmmn fears amng peple are the fear f heights, snakes, enclsed spaces, and being in a scial setting. But there s a fear even deeper than thse that mst peple dn t even realize until it hits them. And that is the fear f change. We ve all experienced that in sme frm. It s nt like changes in the weather r even changes t ur behavir. N, this change digs deeper because it is ne we can t stp even if we put ur ft dwn, hping that the frictin will smehw slw it dwn. N, the change I m talking abut is the change that ur life s phases bring, such as graduating r mving. N matter what yu d r dn t d, time is always ticking. It is certainly true that time waits fr n ne. T help yu understand mre f where I m cming frm, think back t a time that yu wuld classify as the gd ld days. It can be when yu were in schl, summer camp, rad trips, the times when yu and yur friends used t hang ut at yur favrite spt when yu were a kid. One f mine may be the times at UCF when my track and field teammates and I ften used water ballns t ambush the ftball players, wh lived in the same residence halls as us. Remember hw yu felt at yur gd ld days. Happy. Fun. Cntent. Excited. Yu name it. Nw tell me the exact day yu stpped ding thse things. Yu may nt be able t, because thse experiences ften just slwly faded away n their wn. In reference t the qute abve, a lt f time we find urselves cnnected t thse gd ld days thinking that this, the mment with friends, family r a significant ther will last frever. But usually it desn t. Eventually that party ends, yur friends evlve, and yu re left with the decisin f t be r nt t be ready fr what s next, n matter the situatin. I remember plenty f times when I wuld transitin t anther grade level I felt like the wrld was ending. What abut my friends? What was I suppsed t d nw? I can t grw up. It s t sn, I m nt ready. Take me back nw! I felt like I was the master f my wn time, s hw dare yu, time?! Putting an expiratin date n my gd times and frcing me t remember it just as that, a gd time. But that s the beauty f change, it frces yu t get ready whether yu like it r nt, because there s n time machine. S ging back t relive thse glry days is nnexistent. S instead we make a decisin t adjust t the changes happening t us, with resentment, f curse just t realize hw much we ve grwn r are grwing in the prcess. T this day, I still have mini fits when a friend starts a new jb and mves away r even when a traditin starts t cease t exist, because I knw that change is cming. And that is what is happening t me nw. My days as a UCF student have cncluded and I m mving t Massachusetts. I ll sn be wrking n an NCAA grant t start a student athlete welfare and develpment ffice at Wheatn Cllege. I m super excited abut what s t cme but definitely apprehensive abut all the change that is happening in my life. But as the philspher Shakur, better knwn as Tupac, nce said: That s just the way it is things will never be the same. S if yu re like me, even if yu have t remind yurself, just knw that change is gd and change is needed. Christal Petersn is a recent graduate f UCF s DeVs Sprt Business Management Prgram and was a member f the President s Leadership Cuncil. She can be reached at chhpetersn@knights.ucf.edu. BBN Brevard BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 4 BusinessNews 4300 Frtune Place, Suite D West Melburne, FL (321) fax (321) BrevardBusinessNews.cm PUBLISHER Adrienne B. Rth EDITOR Ken Datzman SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR Bill Rth Brevard Business News is published every Mnday by Brevard Business News Inc. Bulk Rate pstage is paid at Melburne, FL and Cca, FL. This publicatin serves business executives in Brevard Cunty. It reprts n news, trends and ideas f interest t industry, trade, agribusiness, finance, health care, high technlgy, educatin and cmmerce. Letters t the Editr must include the writer s signature and printed r typed name, full address and telephne number. Brevard Business News reserves the right t edit all letters. Send yur letters t: Editr, Brevard Business News, 4300 Frtune Place, Suite D, West Melburne, FL, 32904, r BrevardBusinessNews@earthlink.net. Subscriptin Rates fr hme r ffice mail delivery are $26.00 fr ne year (52 issues). Send all address changes t: Circulatin Department, Brevard Business News, 4300 Frtune Place, Suite D, West Melburne, FL, 32904, r BrevardBusinessNews@earthlink.net. 18th Circuit Judicial Nminating Cmmissin annunces circuit curt vacancy in Brevard The 18th Circuit Judicial Nminating Cmmissin has annunced a vacancy in the Circuit Curt f Brevard Cunty. The vacancy was created by the elevatin f Circuit Judge Jhn Harris t the 5th District Curt f Appeal. REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have been a member f The Flrida Bar fr the preceding five years, a registered vter, and must be a resident f the territrial jurisdictin f the curt at the time f assuming ffice. Applicants must meet the qualificatins fr circuit curt judges described in Article V, Sectin 8 f the Flrida Cnstitutin. APPLICATIONS: Applicatins can be dwnladed frm the Flrida Bar s website at Interested candidates must deliver ne riginal cmpleted applicatin with attachments and a recent clr phtgraph alng with nine cmplete cpies t: Alan H. Landman; Chairman, 18th Judicial Circuit Nminating Cmmissin; 7195 Murrell Rad, Suite 102; Melburne, Fla., Candidates must als send ne redacted PDF versin by t alan@alandmanpa.cm, excluding all exempt infrmatin under Chapter 119, F.A. and ther applicable public recrds law. The deadline fr submissin f the applicatin is nn, Friday, Sept. 14. INTERVIEWS: Interviews are tentatively scheduled t be held Friday, Oct. 5, and Mnday, Oct. 8 (if needed based upn the number f applicants) at the Maxwell C. King Center, 3865 N Wickham Rad in Melburne. An interview schedule with the dates and times f each interview will be prvided after the applicatin deadline. A list f members f the 18th Circuit JNC is available frm The Flrida Bar s website at circuit 18 r frm Landman. If yu have any questins, call r Landman. Dmestic Vilence Awareness Mnth Lunchen at Hiltn Melburne Rialt Place The 13th annual Dmestic Vilence Awareness Mnth Lunchen will be held frm 11 2 p.m. n Oct. 12 at Hiltn Melburne Rialt Place. Octber is Natinal Dmestic Vilence Awareness Mnth. This year s event will be featuring the creativity f lcal flral designers. The pem I Gt Flwers Tday inspired us t include area flral designers as part f the event, said Beverly DeMeyer f Serene Harbr. This pem was used by Cristina Lanken, prgram directr fr Serene Harbr, and an artist frm the Stmping ut the Vilence event held in February. Lanken painted a pair f purple pumps that were auctined ff at the event. This pem inspired her creativeness. At the lunchen there will be 25 eight ft rund tables that will each shwcase a single flral display (each table seats 10 peple). During the event, raffle tickets will be sld fr a chance t win a centerpiece. This is a great pprtunity t express yur creativity, reach new custmers, enjy a gurmet lunch with yur friends, netwrk with the attendees, enjy shpping with vendrs and participate in the silent and live auctins, said DeMeyer, adding that the event is seeking mre flral designers t participate. Tickets fr the lunchen are $55 per persn. The guest speaker will be Marni Sawicki. There will be a live auctin f new designer purses. In additin, there are vendr, spnsrship and dnatin pprtunities available. If yu wuld like t participate r have any questins abut the lunchen, cntact DeMeyer at r Beverly.DeMeyer@SereneHarbr.rg. Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

5 Brevard Cunty Sheriff's Office pht I need t reprt suspected abuse. Dana Delaney Lyd aka Theresa Smith t Flrida Abuse Htline at 11:12 a.m., April 29, 2015 SEVEN YELLOW SPOTS Brevard Cunty Sheriff's Office pht Lyalty is everything t me!!! Brevard Cunty Sheriff Rbert Wayne Ivey (321) t Dana Delaney Lyd at 5:19 p.m., April 29, 2015 THE EIGHTEENTH CIRCUIT: AN ONGOING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE? BBN 3635 PAGE 5 T Be Cntinued... AUGUST 27, 2018 Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 5

6 Flrida Bar pens nminatins fr annual pr bn service awards; deadline fr mst nminatins Nv. 1 The Flrida Bar has issued a call fr nminatins fr the annual pr bn service awards, which hnr lawyers, judges, law firms and assciatins that have cntributed extrardinary pr bn service. The deadline fr mst nminatins is Nv. 1, 2018, while nminatins fr The Flrida Bar Yung Lawyers Divisin Pr Bn Service Award is Aug. 31. Pr bn public means fr the public gd, and pr bn legal service is just ne way that attrneys d their part t help make their cmmunities better. The Flrida Bar is prud f the thusands f its members wh spend their free time and dnate ut f pcket each year t assist peple wh therwise culdn t affrd legal representatin r have their vice heard by the justice system. In , the last year reprted, Flrida Bar members cllectively cntributed mre than $5.5 millin t legal aid rganizatins and dnated nearly 1.6 millin hurs f free legal service. Every year, in a ceremnial sessin f the Flrida Supreme Curt, mre than tw dzen lawyers and judges are hnred by the curt and The Flrida Bar fr the free EDC new ad ed legal assistance they have prvided. Fr each f these members f The Flrida Bar, as well as a law firm and a vluntary bar assciatin, this hnr underscres a prfessinal cmmitment t service and acknwledges the many hurs f pr bn wrk perfrmed t help children, victims f human trafficking, the elderly, refugees, the pr and cuntless thers wh wuldn t be able t affrd the legal assistance they s badly need. The 2019 pr bn service awards ceremny will be held at the Flrida Supreme Curt at 3:30 p.m. n Thursday, Feb. 7. The rad t this annual ceremny begins nw, with the call fr nminatins. The Flrida Bar and the Supreme Curt invite nminatins frm legal aid grups, civic rganizatins, fellw lawyers and regular citizens wh knw f a special lawyer, judge, law firm r vluntary bar that has freely given f time and expertise in making legal services available t the pr. Nminatins must be received by Nv. 1, (There is a smaller windw fr making nminatins fr the Yung Lawyers Divisin hnr; they are due by Friday, Aug. 31.) Nminatin frms are available at fr the fllwing award categries: l The Tbias Simn Pr Bn Service Award Presented annually by the chief justice t a lawyer t recgnize extrardinary cntributins in ensuring the availability f legal services t the pr. Named fr the late Miami civil rights lawyer Tbias Simn, the award represents the Supreme Curt s highest recgnitin f a private lawyer fr pr bn service. All current recipients f The Flrida Bar President s Pr Bn Awards are cnsidered fr this prestigius award, as are direct nminees wh have demnstrated exemplary pr bn service ver the curse f their careers. l The Flrida Bar President s Pr Bn Service Award This award is given t an utstanding attrney fr each f the state s 20 judicial circuits and t an utstanding attrney amng the ut f state Flrida Bar members. l The Law Firm Cmmendatin This statewide award, presented by the chief justice, recgnizes a law firm that has demnstrated a significant cntributin in the prvisin f pr bn legal services t individuals r grups that cannt therwise affrd the services. This award recgnizes extrardinary cmmitment n the part f a law firm t prvide access t the curts fr all Flridians. l The Vluntary Bar Assciatin Pr Bn Service Award Presented by the chief justice, this award recgnizes a vluntary bar assciatin that has demnstrated a significant cntributin in the delivery f legal services n a pr bn basis t individuals r grups that cannt therwise affrd the services. This award recgnizes an extrardinary cmmitment t prvide access t the curts fr all Flridians. l The Flrida Bar Yung Lawyers Divisin Pr Bn Service Award With mre than 26,000 members, the Yung Lawyers Divisin includes all lawyers in gd standing under age 36 and all new Flrida Bar members f any age fr their first five years in practice. The award is given t the divisin member wh best exemplifies the highest ideals f public service. l The Distinguished Judicial Service Award Presented by the chief justice, this award is given fr utstanding and sustained service t the public, especially as it relates t supprt f pr bn legal services. l Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award This award, presented by the chief justice, recgnizes an active r retired federal judge fr utstanding and sustained service t the public, whether thrugh legal r civic service r a cmbinatin f them, especially as it relates t the supprt f pr bn legal services. Nminees pr bn service cntributins may be cumulative. Cnsideratin is nt limited t the events f the immediate past year. Fr additinal infrmatin, cntact public infrmatin crdinatr Mark Hhmeister at The Flrida Bar, (850) , r MHhmeister@FlridaBar.rg. Cca Beach Chamber scial event set Sept. 5 The Cca Beach Reginal Chamber f Cmmerce will hst its mnthly netwrking event, Wednesday Friendsday: Business Unplugged, frm 5:30 7:30 p.m. n Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Hiltn Cca Beach Oceanfrnt Htel n Nrth Atlantic Avenue. The htel is spnsring the event. Vendr tables are available fr $60. Visit r call fr mre infrmatin n this scial functin. BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 6 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

7 New fat eliminatin treatment ClSculpting 2.0 nw ffered at Clevens Face and Bdy Specialists; event set Dr. Rss Clevens has annunced the arrival f ClSculpting 2.0, the next generatin f freezing fat, at Clevens Face and Bdy Specialists. Dr. Clevens is knwn fr intrducing innvative techniques with a prven track recrd fr safety and success t patients at his Melburne and Merritt Island ffices. His practice assciate is Dr. Amy Simn. Clevens Face and Bdy Specialists is the nly practice based in Brevard t ffer tw f the wrld s tp nninvasive fat eliminatin treatments, he said. Our practice is already ne f the mst experienced with nnsurgical bdy sculpting treatments, said Dr. Clevens. We were amng the first in the natin t launch SculpSure, an FDA cleared laser technlgy that uses heat t melt the fat cells in the treated area. He cntinued, Nw, we are excited t add ClSculpting 2.0 as anther ptin fr men and wmen lking t meet their aesthetic gals withut surgery r dwntime. Because we are unique in ffering bth f these prven technlgies, we can prvide a candid assessment fr patients wh want t knw which treatment can benefit them mre, r even cmbine the tw technlgies fr ptimal results. ClSculpting was cleared by the Fd and Drug Administratin in 2010 as a safe methd fr reducing islated pckets f resistant fat. The nninvasive technique is based n the science f cryliplysis, using cld temperatures t freeze and destry fat. Withut harming surrunding healthy tissue, ClSculpting damages fat cells, which are then metablized and eliminated by the bdy naturally. The treatment can address islated fat almst anywhere n the bdy, including the abdmen, flanks r lve handles, inner and uter thighs, the lwer back, upper arms and submental fat, als knwn as the duble chin. While ClSculpting has always ffered dramatic results fr patients, the latest versin f the technlgy available at Clevens Face and Bdy Specialists is even mre effective and streamlined, he said. The prcedure nw takes nly 35 minutes t perfrm abut half the time f a sessin with an lder device. With a selectin f uniquely designed applicatrs, each cntured ClSculpting handpiece fits snugly against the target area, allwing fr cler temperatures, a mre cmfrtable prcedure and mre cnsistent results. A single sessin can eliminate percent f fat in the targeted area, and patients ften chse t have multiple ClSculpting treatments t ptimize their utcme. T help interested men and wmen learn mre abut their ptins fr nnsurgical bdy cnturing, Clevens Face and Bdy Specialists will hst a Fire + Ice event at 6 p.m. n Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Melburne ffice. The address is 707 W. Eau Gallie Blvd. The event is cmplimentary and pen t the public. Because space is limited, guests are asked t RSVP at r call Parrish Medical Center ffers free cmmunity supprt grups at varius lcatins in Brevard TITUSVILLE Parrish Medical Center is ffering free supprt grups fr cmmunity members struggling with r recvering frm varius health issues. The September schedule includes: l Awake Sleep Disrders Supprt Grup, Mnday, Sept. 10, frm 6 8 p.m. at Parrish Healthcare Center, 5005 Prt St. Jhn Parkway, Prt St. Jhn. l Caregiver Supprt Grup, Thursday, Sept. 6 and Sept. 20, frm 9:30 11:30 a.m. at Heritage Hall, 921 N. Washingtn Ave., Titusville. l Care Giver Academy, Thursday, Sept. 13, frm a.m. at Heritage Hall, 921 N. Washingtn Ave., Titusville. l Diabetes Supprt Grup, Thursday, Sept. 13, frm 3:30 5 p.m., at Heritage Hall, 921 N. Washingtn Ave., Titusville. l MAK Gathering (Mms and Kidz) Supprt Grup, every Mnday and Wednesday, Sept. 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 and 26, frm 10 11:30 a.m. at The Children s Center, 5650 S. Washingtn Ave., Titusville. l Parkinsn s Supprt Grup f Nrth Brevard, Friday, Sept. 21, frm 2 4 p.m., at Heritage Hall, 921 N. Washingtn Ave., Titusville. l Pulmnary Hypertensin Supprt Grup, Tuesday, Sept. 11, frm 3 5 p.m. at Grace United Methdist Church in Merritt Island. l Strke Heart Survivrs Grup, Tuesday, Sept. 18, frm 2 4 p.m. at 921 N. Washingtn Ave., Titusville. Rummage Sale at Rdes Park Cmmunity Center Brevard Cunty Parks and Recreatin will hst a Rummage Sale frm 8 a.m. t 1 p.m. n Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Rdes Park Cmmunity Center, 3410 Flanagan Ave. in West Melburne. Individual table space is $15. Fr mre infrmatin abut this cmmunity event, call Tanner new ad ed Meet Yur Lcal Banking Partners Center State bank 7/30/18 page 10 L t R: Angela Cpeland, Ben Malik, Jhn Hewett, Christpher Pavey, Chris Myers. 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8 Lngtime frmer member f Huse f Representatives says expand, dn t restrict, vters access t the plls By Lee H. Hamiltn There are times when I m cnvinced the prgress f this cuntry can be measured thrugh ur ballt laws. Think abut it. Over the curse f ur histry, we ve expanded the franchise frm the sle preserve f white male prperty wners t mst all citizens 18 and lder regardless f race, gender, r wealth. Yet despite this steady march, we remain embriled in debate ver wh gets t vte. Mstly this is carried n in the states, with Republicans ften favring limits n access t the plls, and Demcrats usually hping t expand access. The chief argument fr mves t restrict access fcuses n ballt integrity: prtecting against fraud. We knw that fraud happens: a vter shwing up at the plls pretending t be smene else, r nn citizens trying t vte. But this is rare. After lking ver 1,800 files cllected by President Trump s nw defunct Vter Integrity Cmmissin, Maine s secretary f state wrte, the Cmmissin dcuments made available t me d nt cntain evidence EDGE new ad ed f widespread vter fraud. Indeed the sectins n evidence f vter fraud are glaringly empty. Mre pintedly, a few years ag Judge Richard Psner, a widely respected Republican appintee t a federal appeals curt, raised eyebrws when he declared that he d been wrng in 2007 when he d vted t uphld an Indiana law strengthening vter ID requirements. That law, he wrte, is f a type nw widely regarded as a means f vter suppressin rather than f fraud preventin. Of curse, yu dn t need vter ID laws t make it harder t vte. Yu can cut the hurs when the plls are pen. Yu can reduce the number f vting places. Yu can cut funding fr effrts t encurage vting r help vters get t the plls. Yu can make vting itself difficult by limiting the number f bths, fr example, s that lng lines frm. Yu can excessively purge the vter rlls. Creative minds have cme up with all kinds f devices t make it mre difficult t vte. I dn t mean t dismiss the idea that we need t prtect the integrity f the ballt and ensure that peple wh vte are entitled t d s. We d. But I believe representative demcracy is strengthened by expanded vting thrugh Can yu mve writing in burst dwn a little s it is nt hitting the tp brder f the burst thanks Nw Under Cnstructin Occupancy January 1, 2019 public marketing campaigns, registratin drives and even autmatic registratin when yu get a driver s license, thrugh lnger hurs, early vting r vting by mail. Vting is ur mst basic right as a citizen. It s hw we make urselves heard and felt. Our elected representatives respnd t what vters cnsider the mst imprtant issues and hw t decide them. Our whle plitical system depends n it, and erdes if vting turnut falls. S, the impact f vting is huge. The results that flw frm vting in a representative demcracy can determine the availability f guns, which health care prpsals mve frward, the quality f gvernance yu have, the ecnmic plicies that shape yur life. Ask yurself why it is that the federal gvernment spends a lt mre mney n prgrams fr lder peple than fr yung peple. Is it because lder peple are simply mre deserving f public spending? Of curse nt. The reasn is that pliticians knw lder peple vte at far higher rates than yunger peple d. The laws reflect members f Cngress sensitivity t that simple fact. As a plitician, I kept track f the reasns peple gave me fr nt vting. Often it was just plain apathy, incnvenience, r a sense f pwerlessness. Transprtatin culd be bad. Older peple were intimidated by the hpla that surrunds the vting place, what with pliticians ut there shaking hands and peple carrying signs. As a result, I understd their reasns fr nt vting, and culd wrk t crrect their legitimate cncerns and make ur demcracy strnger. We need t d everything we can t lift vter turnut, nt suppress it. The mre peple wh vte, the mre nearly ur demcracy will reflect the views f the peple, nt just the peple wh had the wherewithal t have the right ID r a ride t the plling place. And the mre the plls reflect the cmmunities we live in, the healthier and mre legitimate ur demcracy will be. Lee Hamiltn is a senir advisr fr the Indiana University Center n Representative Gvernment; a Distinguished Schlar, IU Schl f Glbal and Internatinal Studies; and a Prfessr f Practice, IU Schl f Public and Envirnmental Affairs. He was a member f the U.S. Huse f Representatives fr 34 years. Opening Receptin set Sept. 28 at the Studis f Cca Beach An Opening Receptin fr Dibble Dabble Waterclr! will be held frm 6 9 p.m. n Friday, Sept. 28, at the Studis f Cca Beach, 165 Minuteman Causeway in dwntwn Cca Beach. This event will feature the wrk f eight guest artists shwcasing the variety and ptential f the waterclr paint technique. The evening will include wine, fd bites, and the awarding f prizes fr best in shw. There will als be a free drawing fr an artwrk dnated by ne f the Studis member artists. The evening is an pprtunity t talk t the exhibit artists and als meet many f the Studis f Cca Beach resident artists wh create paintings, phtgraphy, fiber art, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and mre. The exhibit will be n display daily frm Sept. 25 thrugh Nv. 19 at the Studis f Cca Beach. This nnprfit, c p gallery is the creative center n the beaches ffering wrkshps and classes fr adults and children in a variety f techniques. Fr mre infrmatin n the exhibits, artists, and the wrkshp schedule, visit r call BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 8 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

9 Gerge Grsman and the Swing Butique t bring internatinal flair t Space Cast Jazz Sciety event The internatinal flair f Gerge Grsman, a vcalist and guitarist, and the Swing Butique will be shwcased at 2 p.m. n Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Space Cast Jazz Sciety cncert at Rckledge Cuntry Club. Brn in Prague, Grsman has spent the last fur decades living and playing music in Nrth America, Eurpe and Asia. He has lived in six different cuntries and is a graduate f the Ryal Cllege f Music in Lndn. Grsman als has a master s degree frm the University f Essex. He brings these internatinal experiences t his perfrmances, but mstly describes his music as jazz with a French flavr. He lves harmny, beautiful meldies and the rmance f the French style f jazz. In late 2011, spnsred by the late guitar legend Larry Cryell, Grsman relcated t the U.S. frm Canada and became active in the Central Flrida music scene. He is a sl artist fr Disney and has recrded several CDs. In summer f 2016, Grsman brught tgether sme f his favrite musicians frm Central Flrida t rganize the Swing Butique, a band specializing in what can best be described as Cntinental Jazz anything frm Djang Reinhardt t Edith Piaf t musette waltzes. In additin t Grsman n lead guitar and vcals, the band includes Jhn Keithn n accrdin, B Frazer n fiddle and mandlin, Phil Ce n guitar, and Nick Rsaci n upright bass. Accrding t Grsman, the Jazz Sciety cncert will include a mixture f rmantic and te tapping music with a bit f cntinental mystery, like a sng I wrte called Paris in th e Rain, which may make yu feel like yu are walking in Mntmartre. Space Cast Jazz Sciety cncerts are pen t the public and general admissin is paid at the dr. The cst is $10 fr Space Cast Jazz Sciety members r members f the Rckledge Cuntry Club. The price $15 fr nn members and guests. There is n charge fr students. Fd and beverages are available at an additinal cst. Rckledge Cuntry Club s address is 1591 S. Fiske Blvd. Fr mre infrmatin n this event, call , Jazz@SpaceCastJazzSciety.rg r g t LEAD Brevard pens nminatins fr Under 40 recgnitin event; deadline set LEAD Brevard has pened nminatins fr its Under 40 recgnitin event. This is an pprtunity t nminate an up and cming leader in the cmmunity. The 4 Under 40 Leadership Awards event will be held Friday, Feb. 8. Twelve yung prfessinals will be recgnized at the annual event, and fur will receive the tp 4 Under 40 hnr during the celebratin f the next generatin f leadership n the Space Cast. Nminatins fr this prestigius hnr are pen t all leaders under the age f 40. Prfessinals achievements, cmmunity invlvement and examples f leadership are cnsidered as part f the selectin prcess. In 2018, the final 4 Under 40 named were: Kyle Graham, Millefiri Medical Skin Rejuvenatin; Wyatt Hver, Twn Cmmissiner, Twn f Melburne Beach and River Oak Dental; Carla McRae, Barn Light Electric C. and Playalinda Brewing C.; and Krista Miller, Astrnaut High Schl. Nminees need t pssess the characteristics necessary t imprve the quality f life in ur cmmunity thrugh leadership and innvatin. These characteristics a cmbinatin f persnal attributes, cmmitment t the cmmunity and successful experience demnstrate an ability t lead and innvate and they signal the ptential t becme a mre significant leader in the cming years. The candidates being nminated must be under the age f 40 n Jan. 1, T make a nminatin, visit Nminatins are due by Friday, Aug. 31. Fifth Avenue t shw a new exhibit titled Teacher s Pet The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery has annunced a new exhibit, Teacher s Pet. We have invited several f Brevard Cunty s private art instructrs t shw their wrk alng with a few f their students wrk in this exhibit, said Renee Decatr, the exhibit chairpersn. Brevard Cunty is hme t many amazing artists, f all ages, and instructrs. Teacher s Pet will highlight the art f sme f ur favrite instructrs and their students. The exhibitin dates are Sept There will be an Opening Receptin frm 5:30 8:30 p.m. n Friday, Sept. 7, as part f the Eau Gallie Arts District s First Friday scial event. Light refreshments will be served. The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery is lcated in the Eau Gallie Arts District f Melburne. All events are free f charge and pen t the public. Fr mre infrmatin abut the new exhibit, call r visit AUGUST 27, 2018 Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin Effrtless Business Banking Marine Bank 8/13/18 pagge 9 Fr 21 years, Marine Bank has been cmmitted t helping businesses spread their wings and sar with cnfidence. Allw us t d the same fr yu % f ur custmers wh respnded t ur survey said they wuld recmmend Marine Bank t thers. Member FDIC Malak Hammad Vice President, Branch Manager 3303 Suntree Blvd., Melburne (321) mhammad@marinebankandtrust.cm Prudly Part f the Brevard Cunty Cmmunity JC Penny Realty new ad rmaled Jn and Deb Penny invite yu t experience their PICTURES first WERE class custmer TOO LIGHT service. AN DTOO BLUE BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 9

10 Cming changes may put clleges in United States in adapt r perish situatin, says educatin cnsultant By Ashley Pntius apntius@newsandexperts.cm News & Experts When businesswners investigate the future and see big changes cming that will impact their revenue stream, they adapt new strategies, r their businesses die. Higher educatin in the United States nw faces that same challenge as enrllments f the traditinal 18 t 23 year ld students cntinue t decline. Higher educatin is headed fr a majr sea change and the nly clleges and universities that will survive will be thse that adapt aggressive strategies t address thse changes nw, says Andrew Simn, a partner in Simn Assciate Management Cnsultants ( The higher educatin mdel f the last 50 years is abut t becme bslete. Simn, wh has perfrmed strategic wrk fr higher learning institutins, says ne f the majr reasns fr the cming realignment is the discnnect between schls and wrkplaces. Arnld Financial 8/13/18 page 6 Artemis 8/13/18 5/22/17 page 14 8 Clleges seem t have a built in bias against the needs f industry, says Simn. The cllege administratins and faculty f many institutins f higher learning appear t have a reluctance t understand what their students will need t succeed after they leave the university. Emplyers say that sending students ut with the technical skills is nt enugh. Students entering the wrkfrce need peple skills. They need t cmmunicate, crdinate, cllabrate and creatively slve prblems, says Simn. The demgraphics amng traditinal cllege age students suggest that the demand fr higher educatin has peaked. The next generatin will have fewer cllege students, Simn says, and thse that d g t cllege will encunter escalating expenses. Cnsequently, they are ging t pay mre attentin t their return n investment. Wrk r career readiness will be key. Simn ntes that these are the changes that the clleges f the future are ging t have t face: l Adult learners will be the new key t survival. The need fr lifelng learning will cntinue t increase while there will be a drp in the number f traditinal students wh enter cllege right after high schl. Adult learners will need new (peple) skills and new rganizatinal mdels. l Wmen are utnumbering men. This trend will cntinue int the future. l There will be mre Latins and African Americans attending cllege. l Sacred nrms will be challenged. Traditinal clleges are ging t have t re examine their business mdel, their tenured faculty, their dependence n adjuncts, and the rle f classrms as the preferred methd f delivery. Other lng held traditinal beliefs will als be challenged. l Future students will examine mre clsely return n investment (ROI). As the csts f higher educatin cntinue t rise, the ROI may nt justify the expense unless smething dramatic begins t transfrm that cllege experience, s it becmes mre relevant fr the needs f the wrkplace. In rder t survive, Simn says, institutins f higher learning are ging t have t becme mre integrated with emplyers because students will be mre mtivated t get an educatin that helps them be thrughly prepared fr their career. Andrew Simn, a partner in Simn Assciate Management Cnsultants ( has had a 50 year career as a senir executive. He funded and ran Questar Assessment Inc., the fifth largest K 12 summative assessment cmpany in the U.S. Simn als develped and ran businesses in real estate develpment and did startups inside larger crpratins, such as Citibank, Bankers Trust, Nrcliff Thayer and Lederle Labs. Earlier in his career he was part f a team that launched L Oréal int the cnsumer prducts arena. Beach Bys led by Mike Lve t perfrm at King Center in Melburne The King Center fr the Perfrming Arts in Melburne will present The Beach Bys in cncert at 7:30 p.m. n Thursday, March 7. As The Beach Bys mark mre than a half century f making music, the grup cntinues t ride the crest f a wave unequalled in America s musical histry. The Beach Bys have becme synnymus with the Califrnia lifestyle and have becme an American icn t fans arund the wrld. Since lead singer Mike Lve penned the lyrics t The Beach Bys first hit, Surfin (1961), dzens f the band s chart tppers have becme eternal anthems f American yuth, including Surfin USA, Surfer Girl, Fun, Fun, Fun, I Get Arund, and Wuldn t It Be Nice. The Beach Bys have sld mre than 100 millin recrds wrldwide and have received mre than 33 RIAA Platinum and Gld Recrd Awards. The Rck and Rll Hall f Famers were als hnred at the 2001 Grammy Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award. With mre than five decades f turing under their belts, The Beach Bys have perfrmed mre cncerts than any majr rck band in histry. Sunds f Summer: The Very Best f The Beach Bys, Capitl/EMI s 30 track cllectin f the band s biggest hits, has achieved triple platinum success with sales f mre than 3 millin cpies in the U.S. since its release. The Beach Bys are led by Mike Lve and Bruce Jhnstn, wh alng with Jeffrey Fskett, Tim Bnhmme, Jhn Cwsill, Keith Hubacher, Sctt Ttten and Christian Lve cntinue the legacy f America s icnic band. This cncert will nt feature Brian Wilsn, Al Jardine r David Marks. Tickets may be purchased by visiting KingCenter.cm r by calling BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 10 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

11 BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS BBN Next Hrizn named a finalist in the annual GrwFl nline at BrevardBusinessNews.cm cmpetitin amng varius secnd stage businesses ORLANDO Next Hrizn, ne f Flrida s leading infrmatin technlgy cmpanies, was amng the first rund f 2018 Flrida Cmpanies t Watch finalists recently annunced by GrwFL. The awards event nw in its eighth year hnrs 50 select secnd stage cmpanies frm thrughut the state fr develping valuable prducts and services, creating quality jbs, enriching cmmunities, and bradening new industries thrughut Flrida. Chsen frm a candidate pl f 134 grwing secnd stage businesses, the finalists cllectively represented $518 millin in annual revenue and emplyed 2,743 full time equivalent emplyees in Next Hrizn is hnred t be named a finalist in the 2018 Flrida Cmpanies t Watch awards, said Next Hrizn President and CIO Harry Ellis III. We are experiencing tremendus grwth and are n track t have ur best year ever. This is ne f Flrida s mst prestigius business awards therefre we are extremely prud t be recgnized. The Flrida Cmpanies t Watch prgram cnsists f tw runds f selectins. Finalists nw advance t the secnd rund, where they will be further evaluated based n their perfrmance in the marketplace, innvative prducts, services r prcesses, philanthrpy and empwered emplyees. We applaud these first rund finalists wh have shwn hw they stand ut in their regins as innvative business leaders, ging t the next level t grw their cmpanies. They are true rck stars, said Dr. Tm O Neal, GrwFL executive directr. The finalists represent a unique grup f scalable, high grwth enterprises that are already lcated within Flrida. These high grwth enterprises are an imprtant segment f ur ecnmy and their numbers have been steadily increasing, which cntributed t Flrida s ranking f 24 n the 2018 Kauffman Index f Grwth Entrepreneurship. Accrding t this reprt, entrepreneurship is nt a mnlithic phenmenn, and it includes many mving parts. Creating new businesses is a different ecnmic activity frm running small businesses, which in turn is different frm grwing businesses. Flrida Cmpanies t Watch recgnizes the different apprach needed t successfully grw and scale a business and celebrates thse that are wrking t achieve this gal. Develped by the Edward Lwe Fundatin, Flrida Cmpanies t Watch is a prgram specifically designed t seek ut secnd stage businesses frm a wide range f industries representing all areas f the state, nt just thse in majr metrplitan areas. The winners will be annunced in mid September. The 2018 hnrees will be celebrated at the awards ceremny Feb. 9 at the Straz Center fr the Perfrming Arts in Tampa. Fr mre infrmatin n the prgram, visit Attrney publishes new lessns learned bk frm tenure with Chick fil A and Truett Cathy ATLANTA Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP has annunced the upcming release f partner Perry McGuire s new bk, Nice, But Nt Naïve And Other Lessns I Learned Frm Chick fil A Funder Truett Cathy. The bk launches Sept. 1 and cincides with the fur year anniversary f Truett Cathy s death. All net prceeds frm the sale f the bk will be given t the Chick fil A Fundatin and the WinShape Fundatin in memry f Cathy. McGuire served as an attrney fr Cathy and Chick fil A fr mre than 11 years, and he had the pprtunity t wrk clsely with the icnic funder n his business, persnal, and charitable endeavrs. The bk is a tribute t the impact Cathy had n McGuire and the business and life lessns he learned frm their relatinship. The bk hnrs Cathy and his business style. As his sn and chairman and CEO f Chick fil A says, If yu ve ever wanted a deeper lk int the business sense f my dad, this is the bk. Full f great stries and keen business insight, Nice, But Nt Naïve will delight and inspire yu. The bk can be rdered at n Sept. 1. McGuire is a frmer Gergia state senatr and was the 2006 Republican nminee fr attrney general f Gergia. Whittaker bids farewell t retiring tax manager Karen Crain Karen Crain, tax manager fr Whittaker Cper Financial Grup, has retired after 26 years f service t the firm and a ttal f 32 years in public accunting. Crain has been an integral part f the Whittaker Cper tax team since She has been respnsible fr IRS audit representatin and preparatin f business valuatins, alng with wrkflw management fr the tax department. Crain prided herself n the quality f service prvided t clients f the Melburne prfessinal firm. Her retirement plans include travel and a spate f hme imprvement prjects. 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12 Dr. Eldaif pens Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics; trained at Duke and Cleveland Clinic; has in depth experience with davinci surgical systems By Ken Datzman Demand fr urlgy services is prjected t increase rapidly ver the next three years, especially relative t ther service lines. And the vlume is seen shifting largely t utpatient settings. Urinary tract infectins, enlarged prstate, kidney stnes, veractive bladder, sexual dysfunctin, and interstitial cystitis are just sme f the cnditins millins f Americans seek treatment fr t imprve their health and their quality f life. A patient may be referred t a urlgist fr a range f cnditins. Smetimes it may be a minr prblem, r it culd be a warning sign f a ptentially life threatening episde. Urlgists are a key cg in the system f care treating a wide variety f diseases and disrders. Urlgy is definitely a specialty that s in high demand right nw, said Dr. Bassem Eldaif, a bard certified surgical urlgist wh treats adult patients, bth men and wmen. All the urlgists arund the cunty seem t be busy and I think this trend will cntinue. Practicing urlgists see an average f 70 patients per week, accrding t the newly released 2017 The State f the Urlgy Wrkfrce and Practice in the United States. The reprt was cmpiled by the American Urlgical Assciatin. In 2017, there were 12,517 practicing urlgists in America. Urlgists have specialized knwledge and skill treating prblems f the male and female urinary tract and the male reprductin rgans. Because f the range f clinical prblems encuntered, knwledge f internal medicine, gyneclgy, and ther specialties is required f a urlgist. Urlgists with advanced qualificatins in surgery may be a Fellw f the American Cllege f Surgens, a credential Dr. Eldaif hlds. Dr. Eldaif has just pened the Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics, prviding specialized urlgic care in an utpatient ffice setting. He sees patients in cnsultatin and examines them. Minr prcedures are perfrmed in the ffice. The address is 6032 Farcenda Place, Suite 102, in the Casa Bella cmmunity f Suntree. His ffice phne number is The web address is Appintments can be made at the website. He is psitining his new practice t tap the grwth in a specialty area f medicine that has made big leaps frward as a result f advances in technlgy. My visin in pening the Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics is t prvide specialized and advanced treatments fr a range f urlgy cnditins, including cancer f the prstate, bladder, and kidney, said Dr. Eldaif. We als treat sexual dysfunctin issues, urinary prblems fr men and wmen, and kidney stnes. We prvide a full scpe f in ffice prcedures, such as prstate bipsies. My gal is t grw the practice and bring n mre prviders as demand increases. I enjy spending time with my patients, educating them abut their diagnsis and treatment chices, guiding them in the decisin making prcess, while addressing their questins and cncerns. Dr. Eldaif renvated a facility that previusly hused BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 12 BBN pht Adrienne B. Rth Dr. Bassem Eldaif, a bard certified surgical urlgist, has pened the Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics at 6032 Farcenda Place in Suntree. Dr. Eldaif has practiced lcally fr the last five years. He treats bth men and wmen fr a wide range f cnditins, including cancer f the bladder, prstate and kidney, urinary prblems, kidney stnes, and enlarged prstate, fr example. a dermatlgy practice. The building was retrfitted t meet the needs f the Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics. Originally, there wasn t enugh infrastructure in the building fr a urlgy practice. A urlgy practice, fr example, generally needs multiple bathrms, especially if yu are ding prcedures. I realized I needed t get an architect invlved t d imprvements and a build ut t accmmdate the Center fr Advanced Urlgy and Rbtics, he said. Dr. Eldaif said sme f his clleagues recmmended area architect Dave Nagrdsky f DNA Architects Inc., whse firm s expertise includes health care facilities within the cmmercial sectr. Sure enugh, I fund ut that Dave is the g t architect fr prjects like this. He did sme drawings and presented sme build ut suggestins fr the prject and everything wrked ut great. It was what I had envisined the space t be when I walked thrugh the building and was cnsidering purchasing it fr my practice, said Dr. Eldaif. Fr the last five years, Dr. Eldaif practiced his specialty at Wuesthff Health System in Melburne, nw knwn as Melburne Reginal Medical Center. Brevard is a great market in which t practice medicine. Yu can get exceptinal care in this cunty, whether it s fr benign cnditins r cancerus cnditins. We have utstanding dctrs here. And the patients are very gracius, very appreciative f the care yu prvide them, said Dr. Eldaif. See Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics, page 19 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

13 Office space inventry tightens in cunty as businesses add jbs and expand n strength f ecnmy; cmmercial firm Team LBR at center f strng activity By Ken Datzman Office space inventry in Brevard Cunty is fast shrinking as existing businesses expand amid a strng wave f hiring, new cmpanies lcate here, and startups chart their curse. One f the best ways t gauge the strength f the ecnmy in a cmmunity is by the availability f ffice space. During the Great Recessin, which started in 2007 and seemed t linger frever, space was plentiful. Tday s market envirnment is the ppsite. When times are gd, businesses bring n new staff. Mre peple n staff generally means mre space will be ccupied. And many businesses in the regin have been in a hiring mde fr at least the last tw years, frm big brand glbal technlgy cmpanies t family wned enterprises. Brevard Cunty is experiencing what we believe is an all time lw vacancy rate fr ffice space. It s sub 6 percent right nw, said Rbert Rb Beckner, an ffice specialist and a principal at Lightle Beckner Rbisn Inc., a Melburne based full service cmmercial real estate firm that des everything frm leasing space t managing prperties fr clients. With ffice space inventry tight in the cunty, we are having t be very creative. A great example f that is what we are nw ding at the 119,000 square ft Gateway Business Center in Melburne (which abut 18 mnths ag came under new lcal wnership and was abut 35 percent ccupied at the time). Beckner added, In the last year, we have clsed eight deals ranging frm 2,500 square feet up t 12,500 square feet at the Gateway Business Center. We have brught it up t abut 70 percent ccupancy. It s an attractive ffice and flexible space cmplex, and that seems t be the type f prduct that a lt f businesses and rganizatins are lking fr right nw. Anther ht market fr ffice space is Viera, he said. We are seeing a lt f peple wh want t have a Viera address. S, at the Wickham Cmmns Office Park, where The Viera C. is lcated, we tk a 6,000 square ft building and subdivided the space int increments f 2,000 square feet r less. In ur marketplace, spaces that range frm 1,500 t 2,000 square feet lease quickly. There seems t be a big demand fr thse sized spaces. Wickham Cmmns Office Park features six buildings ttaling 79,085 square feet. It s lcated at Murrell Rad, Cabt Curt, and Devereaux Drive in BBN pht Adrienne B. Rth Lightle Beckner Rbisn, a lngtime full service cmmercial real estate firm headquartered in Melburne with an ffice in Titusville, is n track t pst a recrd year. The team members say they are bullish n Brevard Cunty as cmpanies cntinue t hire, and mre businesses expand their peratins. Frm left: Rb Beckner, Michael Mss, Brian Lightle, and Jeffrey Rbisn. They are at the Melburne ffice n West Hibiscus Bulevard. Viera. Health First, Cmmunity Credit Unin and The Viera C. represent the prperty s majr tenants. Recently, Beckner escrted three different grups f businesspeple frm cmpanies utside the Washingtn, D.C., area. He shwcased Brevard Cunty fr them. Our natinal presence is grwing. These cmpanies are lking at Class A ffice prperties. They are digesting ur market fr pprtunity and wuld prvide supprt services t cmpanies like Nrthrp Grumman and private space ventures and s frth. I think we are ging t see significant business grwth in this cunty in the years ahead. The wrld s eyes are pening up t the attractiveness f the Space Cast. It s been a very exciting year, he said. The gains in every aspect f the cmmercial sectr in Brevard Cunty are a sign f the verall strength f the ecnmy and seem t bde well fr the future. Cmpanies such as Lightle Beckner Rbisn are grwing alngside the cunty, prviding cmmercial real estate services t businesses and rganizatins. Activity fr ur firm cntinues at a recrd setting pace, said Brian Lightle, brker and cmpany president. We hsted ur cmpany frum in February and talked abut the market, made bservatins, and prvided a frecast fr the year. And all f ur bservatins are prving t be accurate, with regard t the cntinued demand and strength in the market, deal velcity, and the transactin vlume. Demand remains very strng in the cmmercial sectrs f the industry. We re wrking with a wide range f clients. Abut 150 peple attended the LBR Cmmercial Real Estate Frum held at a Suth Brevard beachside htel. Every seat in the rm was filled. We will be hsting anther ne in January, said Lightle, whse firm was recently hired by the Titusville Cca Airprt Authrity t market sme f its surplus nn air site assets, Lightle said. See Lightle Beckner Rbisn Inc., page 21 AUGUST 27, 2018 Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 13

14 African Wax Prints featured in new Ruth Funk Center exhibitin; tells hw fabrics reflect stries f wearers The exhibit Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints will pen Sept. 1 at Flrida Institute f Technlgy s Ruth Funk Center fr Textile Arts. It is a tribute t the century ld handmade designs and patterns n textiles that riginated in Indnesia and were cpied and industrialized by Eurpeans and exprted t West Africa. The histry f the African wax print is a histry paved alng clnial trade rutes and glbalizatin in the pst clnial era. Thugh nt riginally African, these textiles have becme ingrained in many regins f African culture and sciety. Wandering Spirit traces the develpmental pathway f the African wax print and tells hw these fabrics reflect the stries, dreams, and persnalities f the peple wh wear them. Maybe better knwn by its Javanese descriptin batik, the handiwrk n display is based n a traditinal technique f wax resistant dyeing in which a pattern is made n bth sides f cttn fabric with warm liquid wax applied by a small, brass cup with a sput knwn as a tjanting. After the wax cls and slidifies, the clth is dyed with a primary clr and the wax is remved, revealing the pattern where the wax had nce been. J.B.T. Prévinaire, a Dutch cttn printing mill wner, was instrumental in develping a machine that culd print imitatin batiks. Despite the technlgical advance, La Javanaise prduced imperfectins in the print that did nt appeal t the Javanese buying public, s the Eurpean printers fund themselves lking fr new markets arund the wrld. After many years f transcntinental explratry travels and investigatins, they identified Africa as the new ptential market fr their wax prints. The success f the wax prints n the African scene is driven by many factrs, such as the culture, taste and desires f African cnsumers. Clthing in Africa serves an imprtant means f cmmunicatin, sending hidden messages and retelling lcal prverbs. Clthing als depicts a persn s scial status and psitin, plitical cnvictins, ambitin, marital status, ethnicity, age, sex and grup affiliatins. Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints is curated by Gifty Bensn, Ph.D., adjunct prfessr at Rgers State University, and rganized by ExhibitsUSA/Mid America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, M. A supplemental exhibitin, als curated by Bensn, is rganized by The African Hspitals Fundatin, Tulsa, Okla. Select prgramming is made pssible by a grant frm the Cmmunity Fundatin fr Brevard. At 1:30 p.m. n Sept 1., Bensn will lead a free gallery tur f the exhibitin. A cllectr f African wax prints and textiles, she will lead a talk that highlights stries assciated with each bject and the detailed meaning f their patterns and designs in West African culture. The event is free and pen t the public. Als n Sept. 1, the Ruth Funk Center, in partnership with Think Humanity, a nnprfit charity whse effrts supprt refugee cmmunities in Africa, will ffer a retail space with gds handmade by ppulatins in Uganda. Sales prceeds will supprt and fster educatin within these displaced cmmunities. Wandering Spirit runs thrugh Dec. 15. Regular hurs fr the Ruth Funk Center are 10 a.m. t 4 p.m. Tuesday thrugh Friday and nn t 4 p.m. Saturday. The center is next t Evans Library n the Flrida Tech campus, 150 W. University Blvd. in Melburne. Admissin is free. Fr mre infrmatin n the event, visit textiles.fit.edu. Christian Care new ad ed Alhemiers Walk 8/20/18 page 18 BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 14 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

15 New Flrida Citrus Prductin Guide helps keep grwers prductive despite present threat f HLB By Tm Nrdlie tnrdlie@ufl.edu UF/IFAS Cmmunicatins University f Flrida GAINESVILLE Flrida citrus grwers nw have an updated resurce t help them keep grves prductive despite the ever present threat f Huanglngbing, the bacterial malady als knwn as HLB r citrus greening disease. Experts with the University f Flrida Institute f Fd and Agricultural Sciences have just cmpleted a 180 page technical handbk, Flrida Citrus Prductin Guide It was debuted at the 2018 Citrus Exp in Nrth Frt Myers Aug The guide cvers all aspects f grve establishment and management in Flrida s current grwing envirnment, said editrial team member Lauren Diepenbrck, an assistant prfessr f entmlgy with the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Educatin Center in Lake Alfred. HLB has impsed many changes n citrus prductin, and ur gal was t gather all f the mst imprtant current infrmatin int ne place, said Diepenbrck, ne f three editrs wh crdinated the effrts f 42 cntributing authrs wh wrte, revised and updated material fr the guide. In additin t sectins n grve establishment, nutritin, irrigatin, pests and diseases, the guide features tw new chapters this year, cncerning cld prtectin and the Citrus Under Prtective Screen system used t grw high value fruit fr the fresh market. Diepenbrck ntes that the guide als cvers the new federally mandated Wrker Prtectin Standards, which tk full effect in January Emplyers need t make sure they re in cmpliance, s we included material n that tpic, she said. The current guide evlved frm a smaller handbk devted t citrus pest management, which was prepared by UF/IFAS entmlgists and had been in prductin since at least the early 1980s. Revised editins f the pest management guide were issued annually, and assisted grwers in cping with Diaprepes citrus weevil, citrus rust mite and many ther challenges. With the emergence f the HLB crisis, it became clear that grwers needed an expanded resurce cvering all factrs relevant t successful citrus prductin when the HLB pathgen is fund statewide and virtually all cmmercial grves cntain infected trees. Respnding t this need, last year s prject team rlled ut a mre cmprehensive handbk that included sectins devted t hrticulture, plant pathlgy and sil and water science, she said. This year, we nt nly updated the material, we jined frces with a new publisher, Meister Media, Diepenbrck said. They were respnsible fr securing spnsrs and printing the physical cpies f the guide. The editrial team hpes t receive feedback frm grwers abut the new editin s that they can make imprvements fr the guide, expected next summer. We cnsider the guide t be a wrk in prgress, Diepenbrck said. One questin I ve been asking myself is, hw we can make the guide mre engaging and accessible? I m hping that grwers will have sme suggestins in that vein. Besides Diepenbrck, the editrial team included tw f her clleagues at the Citrus REC: Megan Dewdney, a plant pathlgy assciate prfessr, and Tripti Vashisth, a hrticultural sciences assistant prfessr. The cntributing writers included citrus experts with the Citrus REC, the UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Educatin Center and Suthwest Flrida Research and Educatin Center, the UF main campus and the Flrida Department f Citrus. A digital editin f the guide is available free f charge at Viera High student Sid Ranganath n a missin t help thers excel in schl VIERA Siddarth Ranganath, better knwn t fellw students as Sid, is nt yur typical teenager. This rising junir at Viera High Schl is a prblem slver, and passinate abut finding ways t help ther kids excel in schl. This summer, Sid decided he wanted t raise mney t prvide schl supplies fr children in Brevard Cunty wh may nt have access t them therwise. He had an ambitius gal and ended up raising $1,500 and cllected fur bxes f physical supplies and presented bth t The Supply Zne, a service f Brevard Schls Fundatin which puts schl supplies directly int the hands f children in need. When asked abut why he chse t take n this task, he said, I decided t wrk with the Brevard Schls Fundatin because ur missins cincide. I want t help students wh are unable t pay attentin and participate in class because f nt having supplies. Fr them nt t have them just because f a lack f resurces is just unacceptable t me. I feel lik e these kids need a chance just like anyne else. Mike Alba, the principal at Viera High Schl wh was n hand fr the check presentatin, said, It makes me feel prud when I see an individual student wh thinks beynd themselves. We re trying t create students that can achiev e academic success, but als find ways t help their schl and cmmunity and Sid is an excellent example f that. I m prud f him fr taking a risk and I hpe ther students wuld lk at him as an example. It is always such an incredible gift t witness yung peple wh have a passin fr helping thers said Janic e Kershaw, president and CEO f Brevard Schls Fundatin. Sid s genersity in helping thers is truly inspiring. The mney he raised is able t be matched by the educatin fundatin matching grant prgram thrugh ur legislature an d it will g t helping students in need all acrss Brevard Cunty. In additin t finding resurces fr the Supply Zne, Sid als develped a new cncept t help his fellw students. He nticed that sme f his peers were struggling with science and math cncepts and were falling behind. He decided t us e his time tutring at a lcal library and created Math with Sid inviting students wh needed extra help t jin him. It was during these tutring sessins that he realized transprtatin was an issue fr sme f the kids wh wanted t attend but were unable t. Using his knack fr finding slutins, he develped STEMHelps.rg, a free tutring website with vides and cntent taught by Sid, in rder t give greater access and help thers t imprve their grades and understanding f cmplex material. He is hping t engage mre f his peers t cntinue building this resurce. Brevard Schls Gala 8/20/18 page 21 AUGUST 27, 2018 Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 15

16 Cmmunity Bank grup f men in hardhats Where Expansin is Financed Our expertise is lending t lcal businesses fr facilities, equipment, r perating capital s they can grw. We knw hw t tailr a business lan t the pprtunities in yur cmpany's future. Whether yu need t purchase, lease r mdify the tls f yur trade we prvide expert advice and analysis tailred t yur specific needs. Call Cmmunity Bank f the Suth Offices Cca Merritt Island Rckledge CBOS.Bank BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 16 Hendersn Grup new ad ed Barbara Wall 8/13/18 page 18 Unifrm Mart Unifrm Mart 8/13/ page S. Babcck 15Steet Featuring Barc Unifrms Unifrms Shes Accessries "We Dress The Prs" Melburne Shpping Center Natinal Realty pick Serving Brevard up Since BBN /13/18 page 15 Melburne Office: Indialantic Office: Relcatin: Palm Bay Office: Viera Office: Cmmercial: Prt Canaveral launches educatin effrt t help prtect wild dlphins PORT CANAVERAL In keeping with Prt Canaveral s cmmitment t envirnmental stewardship, a new visitr educatin prgram was initiated at the Prt aimed at prtecting wild dlphins swimming in waters surrunding the Prt. New signage installed arund the Prt is part f an initiative in which Prt Canaveral is participating that includes U.S. Natinal Oceanic and Atmspheric Administratin (NOAA) Fisheries and Hubbs SeaWrld Research Institute s Marine Mammal Stranding Prgram t remind the public f ptential effects f feeding marine life and discarding fishing gear such as mnfilament line, hks and marine rpe. Prt Envirnmental Directr Bb Musser and Prt Envirnmental Specialist Blair Englebrecht led a grup effrt f Prt staff and summer interns t pst new signage thrughut the Prt cautining visitrs nt t feed, tease r harass wild dlphins. The grup installed mre than 40 adhesive backed placards t cncrete pillars, seawalls and pilings at key lcatins arund the Prt, including the Ocean Club Marina, Bluepints Marina, the Prt Canaveral Yacht Club, The Cve entertainment area, ppular land and ffshre fishing and charter bat lcatins and the Freddie Patrick Park Bat Ramp. Signs will sn be psted at the Rdney S. Ketcham Bat Ramp after upcming seawall repairs are cmpleted. Our cmmitment t strng envirnmental stewardship is just as great as ur cmmitment t maintain Prt Canaveral as a wrld class gateway fr cruises, carg and recreatin, Prt CEO Jhn Murray stated. As a prud Green Marine certified Prt, we want t remind ur visitrs f the Prt s respnsibility t help prtect these awe inspiring marine mammals. The new signs state, D Nt Feed, Attempt t Feed, Tease r Harass Wild Dlphins and warn that such actins are illegal as specified under the federal Marine Mammal Prtectin act f 1972 and that vilatrs culd face up t a $100,000 fine. The placards include phne infrmatin fr the NOAA Office f Law Enfrcement t reprt vilatins. When fed, dlphins can lse their fear f humans and rely n handuts, r they might venture near fishermen and vessels t steal bait and hked fish. Fishing lines r rpe can entangle dlphins r cause them t chke n fd. Abut 60 dlphins are fund dead each year in the Indian River, and fishing gear is blamed fr several f thse deaths. During the past year, Hubbs SeaWrld rescued at least five entangled dlphins in the Indian River Lagn, including tw near Cca Beach. The prject is ne f many Prt Canaveral initiatives meant t prtect the surrunding envirnment, including maintaining the federal navigatin channel while re nurishing beaches suth f the inlet, mnitring water quality thrughut the Prt and Barge Canal, installing lighting that prtects hatchlings f sea turtles that lay their eggs n nearby beaches and preserving native marine and plant species by remving invasive linfish and extic vegetatin frm the Prt. Prt Canaveral cntinuusly strives fr a sustainable balance between ur respnsibility t prtect the envirnment and expanding the Prt s business, said Musser. We appreciate the effrts f ur Envirnmental staff and ur hard wrking interns wh have helped us s much this summer, and we wish them much success in their upcming schl year and future careers. Participating interns included Katie Hughes, an intern this summer in the Prt s Envirnmental Department wh crdinated the prject. A Cca High Schl graduate, she will enter the University f Flrida as a sphmre this fall, majring in envirnmental engineering. Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

17 Brevard Z partnership t aid sea turtles thrugh Technlgy; $100,000 grant frm Nrthrp Grumman A cllabratin amng the Brevard Z, University f Central Flrida, University f Flrida and vlunteers frm Nrthrp Grumman Crp. is explring innvative ways t integrate expertise and technlgy t help lcal sea turtle researchers cllect detailed data. The unique prject is supprted by a $100,000 grant frm the Nrthrp Grumman Fundatin. While still in a preliminary stage, the prject will yield ne r mre prducts such as nest sensrs that recrd temperature and sand cnditins, and pssibly use unmanned aerial vehicles that dcument ffshre mating behavirs in male turtles. The prject will serve as a stepping stne fr further cllabratin between varius institutins in the scientific and technlgical cmmunity, a fundatin fr further research and tls develpment that will prvide much needed data t scientists, and ffer an pprtunity fr public and student engagement in the prject. The Brevard Z plans t use the technlgy as a prtal thrugh which t engage Brevard Public Schls students in science, technlgy, engineering and mathematics prgramming. The mysterius nature f sea turtles makes them incredibly alluring, but it pses challenges t researchers trying t learn as much as they can abut these threatened and endangered animals, said Keith Winsten, the Brevard Z s executive directr. The technical slutins Nrthrp Grumman vlunteers are creating will help us cllect valuable data that will hpefully be used t infrm cnservatin plicy at state, federal and internatinal levels, and generate mre interest in STEM educatin. We have mre than 60 Nrthrp Grumman vlunteers wrking n their wn time, alngside vlunteers frm the z, t develp creative appraches t acquire the best data pssible withut intruding int the turtle s envirnment, said Deb Drexler, the Crprate Citizenship Suthern Regin manager fr Nrthrp Grumman. The team is utilizing expertise frm a brad range f disciplines t develp the ptimum slutin fr the prject. Glbally, all seven sea turtle species face the threat f marine debris, entanglement in fishing gear, bat strikes, beach degradatin, climate change, pllutin and paching. Mre than 35,000 individuals laid eggs n the beaches f Brevard Cunty in 2017, making the regin the mst significant area fr green sea turtle nesting in Nrth America and lggerhead sea turtle nesting in the western hemisphere. Nrthrp Grumman and the Nrthrp Grumman Fundatin are cmmitted t expanding and enhancing the pipeline f diverse, talented STEM students glbally. They prvide funding t sustainable STEM prgrams that span frm preschl t high schl and thrugh cllegiate levels, with a majr emphasis n middle schl students and teachers. In 2017, Nrthrp Grumman and the Nrthrp Grumman Fundatin cntinued utreach effrts by cntributing mre than $20 millin t diverse STEM related grups such as the Air Frce Assciatin, Natinal Science Teachers Assciatin, and EarthEch Internatinal s Expeditins. The Brevard Z is hme t mre than 900 animals representing 195 species frm all ver the wrld. As a nt fr prfit rganizatin, it is a leader in the fields f animal wellness, educatin and cnservatin. Mre infrmatin n the rganizatin is available at Cap and Watsn annunce the $9.6 millin sale f Cnstellatin Cmmns Brian Cap and Luke Watsn f the Cap Grup recently annunced the sale f Cnstellatin Cmmns, a 42,668 square ft retail prperty in Melburne. The asset sld fr $9.6 millin. Cap and Watsn are investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap s Orland ffice. They had the exclusive listing t market the prperty n behalf f the seller, a develper. The buyer, a private investr, was secured and represented by Cap and Watsn. Cnstellatin Cmmns is lcated at 4900 N. Wickham Rad. The prject basted an internet resilient tenant rster with strng credit n lng term triple net leases. Our team was able t canvass the market and expse the asset t a wide spectrum f investrs; frm large public and privat e institutins t high net wrth private investrs. The superir fundamental attributes f the prperty, bth at an asset and market level, allwed the buyer t secure a cmpetitive lng term, cnduit lan fr the asset, said Cap. Cap and Watsn s ther ntable Melburne transactins include Walgreens at Interlachen and Wickham Rad, WaWa in Palm Shres, Wickham Cmmns, Wickham Center, and West End Shppes. They currently are marketing a 122,646 square ft prject Ocean Springs, a grcery anchred center n the crner f Eau Gallie Bulevard and A1A. 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NI V R L A A C AT THE CREEK Up WhereNeighbr Friends Gather PM e 8/20/18 t 4:00 SUNDAYpage 20 8:00 OCtOBeR presented by Up The Creek Farms 3590 Valkaria Rad Valkaria, FL neighbrupbrevard.rg/carnival BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 18 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin Rckledge Reginal Medical Center and Steward Medical Grup recently welcmed Dr. David Bhla. The additin f Dr. Bhla enhances access t care in the cmmunity fr patients f Steward Health Care. Steward is a leading accuntable care rganizatin that fcuses n prviding high quality, affrdable care at the right place and at the right time, in a cnvenient, clse t hme setting fr patients. Initially, Dr. Bhla pursued a career in aerspace engineering and wrked an internship in the space prgram in Daytna Beach. But he d als been interested in medicine since childhd and saw a pressing need fr healthcare prviders a realizatin that changed his prfessinal directin. There are s many peple wh need great healthcare. Helping thers is a part f smething much bigger than what I was ding, said Dr. Bhla. I believe in treating patients like they are my wn family. In the medical field, I felt I culd make a significant cntributin t my cmmunity including my family, my in laws, my neighbrs, all wh are part f the Brevard area. Dr. Bhla is a graduate f Nva Sutheastern University in Frt Lauderdale, where he received his dctr f stepathy degree. He als studied bimedical sciences at the University f Suth Flrida in Tampa and aerspace engineering at Embry Riddle Aernautical University in Daytna Beach. His interest in sleep disrders began when he was treating a 30 year ld strke patient and discvered the man had sleep apnea and wasn t sleeping thrugh the night at the hspital. Since then, Dr. Bhla has nted cnnectins between sleep prblems and ther health issues. He wrked as a ncturnist at Wellmnt Medical Assciates in Bristl, Tennessee, and has treated sleep disrders at Larkin Cmmunity Hspital in Hialeah. During his medical career, Dr. Bhla als spent abut a year and a half practicing rural medicine in the Appalachian regins f Tennessee. It s a time he remembers fndly. It was a really gd experience. In that part f the cuntry yu re ften the nly dctr. Yu re the ne peple g t fr every little thing, he said. Peple there believe in their dctr and they re very grateful. With that amunt f respnsibility, yu have t take care f everything. We are delighted t have Dr. Bhla jin ur team f prviders at Steward Medical Grup, said Dr. Sanjay Shetty, president f Steward Medical Grup. Dr. Bhla brings a strng cmmitment t prviding care in the cmmunity, and patients will benefit frm his skills and expertise. Dr. Bhla s ffice is at 2404 N. Curtney Parkway n Merritt Island. His ffice phne number is Rsbrugh brkers lease transactin AML Supercnductivity and Magnetics will begin peratins in its new headquarters this fall at the Histric Ice Pant building in Melburne. The cmpany just signed a lease fr space there. 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19 Center fr Advanced Urlgy & Rbtics Cntinued frm page 12 Dr. Eldaif cntinued, This cmmunity has a gd vibe. I m excited abut having my wn Center. I m a prpnent f giving patients ptins. It s always abut what is best fr the patient. Befre practicing in Brevard Cunty, Dr. Eldaif was an attending staff physician at the Cleveland Clinic in Suth Flrida, and the clinical directr f rbtic surgery at Excela Health System in greater Pittsburgh. He earned his undergraduate degree frm Emry University and then went n t graduate frm Duke University Schl f Medicine. Dr. Eldaif als did his urlgic surgical training at Duke, and cmpleted a Fellwship in neur urlgy research and advanced laparscpic and rbtic assisted surgeries. Dr. Eldaif hlds privileges at Health First s Viera Hspital and Rckledge Reginal Medical Center. He has extensive experience in rbtic surgery. Dr. Eldaif perfrms davinci rbtic surgeries treating prstate cancer and kidney cancer, as well as recnstructive surgeries fr strictures r injuries f the ureter, kidney, r bladder. I wrked with the varius davinci mdels thrughut my residency at Duke and in my early career at the Cleveland Clinic. I trained n the first tw generatins f the davinci, and then in my prfessinal practice, after finishing my Fellwship, I wrked with the davinci S mdel. Recently, I have used the Si and the Xi mdels. The Xi is a beauty t wrk with. The davinci surgical systems, develped and manufactured by Intuitive Surgical Inc. f Sunnyvale, Calif., are designed t help surgens perfrm minimally invasive surgery. The systems ffer surgens like Dr. Eldaif high definitin, three dimensinal visin, a magnified view, and rbtic and cmputer assistance. They use specialized instrumentatin, including a miniaturized surgical camera and wristed instruments (such as scissrs, scalpels, and frceps) that are designed t help with precisin dissectin and recnstructin deep inside the bdy, he said. The Xi system is intended t be a technlgical leap. Intuitive Surgical designed the system t ptimize ease f use. Fr example, Xi can help simplify prcedures requiring access t multiple areas f the pelvis, abdmen, r chest. Fr mre than a decade, davinci surgical systems have enabled surgens t ffer a minimally invasive alternative t pen surgery. Dr. Eldaif said the benefits f rbtic surgery include shrter hspitalizatin, reduced pain and discmfrt, a faster recvery time and return t nrmal activities, small incisins which result in reduced risk f infectin, reduced bld lss and transfusins, and minimal scarring. I think mst patients have a general understanding f the cncept f rbtic surgery. They may nt knw exactly hw things are dne, like taking ut a gallbladder r prstate r uterus, but verall they have embraced this technlgy. What we nw have as surgens are mre tls t use that make surgery mre effective with better utcmes, he said. One f thse new tls fr rbtic surgery is a technlgy called Firefly, which the davinci system features. Fr surgens, Firefly is like wearing night gggles. In general, Firefly uses a dye that highlights the difference between cancerus tissue and healthy tissue, said Dr. Eldaif, thus enhancing the surgen s ability t capture all f the cancerus tissue mre precisely while aviding remving healthy tissue. Firefly has been very helpful t surgens. Dr. Eldaif als perfrms minimally invasive alternative prcedures t treat a wide range f cnditins. He uses Cryablatin t treat kidney and prstate tumrs, and a variety f shckwave and laser therapies fr kidney stnes. Dr. Eldaif als uses the FDA apprved UrLift System t treat enlarged prstate, als knwn as benign prstatic hyperplasia, r BPH. It is ne f the mst cmmn prblems generally ccurring in men lder than 50. The American Urlgical Assciatin has recmmended the use f the UrLift System as a standard f care treatment fr lwer urinary tract symptms due t benign BPH. The UrLift System uses a revlutinary apprach t treating BPH that lifts and hlds the enlarged prstate tissue s it n lnger blcks the urethra. It is the nly BPH treatment perfrmed by a urlgist that des nt require heating, cutting, r remval f the prstate tissue. The prcedure is typically perfrmed using lcal anesthesia in a urlgist s ffice r ambulatry surgery center. The UrLift System has demnstrated a significant imprvement in quality f life fr patients cmpared t medicatins, accrding t studies. This is an exciting time t be practicing urlgy. Technlgy cntinues t evlve in the field. We ve seen huge imprvements. There is great appreciatin fr the newer prducts that help imprve the quality f life fr patients. At the Center fr Urlgy & Rbtics, ur staff strives t ffer the best and mst individualized urlgic care in Brevard Cunty, said Dr. Eldaif. FOR LEASE Oakwd Square Dairy Rd West Melburne Office Medical r Retail Space frm 1,144 sf up t 16,400 sf. $10.00 sf base rent + $2.57/sf NNN Full prperty painting & renvatin planned 4.4 Acres Zning C-NH Cmmercial Central lcatin prvides easy access t all f Suth Brevard and I-95 Excellent Value Priced Office Space Penn Street, #11, Melburne, FL BREVARD COUNTY'S COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EXPERTS Ullian new ad eamiled Adam Rathbun Licensed Brker, CCIM Office Industrial Cell: Rbert "Rb" Slit Licensed Real Estate Sales Assciate Cell: AUGUST 27, 2018 Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 19

20 INDUSTRIAL LEASING AND SALES COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES Industrial Market Insight Transactinal Clsing Expert Skilled Lease Negtiatin Lightle new ad ed SERVE COMMUNICATE PERFORM IMPROVE Larissa Smirnff TeamLBR.cm Fr Lease Landlrd Representatin Tenant Representatin Vacant Land Purchase/Sales 1375 Clearlake Rad Cca Industrial prperty Fr Lease. Square Ftage: +/ extra fenced lt. Building Leasable SF: +/- 7,440 SF Lease Type: Grss Lease. Lease Rate: $4,500 per mnth Fr Lease 4200 Dw Rad Melburne Industrial Flex prperty Fr Lease. Square Ftage: 1,423-5,875 SF Building Leasable SF: 28,828 SF Lease Type: Grss Lease. Lease Rate: $8.75/sf/yr Fr Lease 700 S Jhn Rdes Melburne Industrial/Flex prperty Fr Lease Square Ftage: +/ SF Units E3 & E4 Available Lease Type: Grss Lease. Lease Rate: $1,950 per mnth (negtiable) Sales & Leasing Specialist Land Purchase/Sales Lease Negtiatin Clsing Expert Landlrd/Tenant Rep (321) x15 Titusville Chamber t celebrate Gaedcke s 20th anniversary with rganizatin at lunchen Sept. 12 The Titusville Area Chamber f Cmmerce will hst its mnthly Chamber Membership Lunchen frm 11:30 a.m. t 1 p.m. n Wednesday, Sept. 12, at The Manr at The Great Outdrs in Titusville. Open t the public, the event will celebrate Marcia Gaedcke s 20 years at the Chamber. She is the Chamber s president. Gaedcke has lived in Titusville the majrity f her life. The bard f directrs will hnr Gaedcke at this gathering. In her psitin as president, she has witnessed the decline f Titusville s ecnmy after the shuttle prgram retired, and then its rise. Gaedcke has played an essential rle in the rebirth f Nrth Brevard thrugh invlvement with varius rganizatins and effrts, including Rtary Internatinal and the Greater Titusville Renaissance. She has made legislative trips t Tallahassee and Washingtn, D.C., t prmte space travel and space educatin. Gaedcke has als wrked t prmte and encurage grwth f the manufacturing industry in Nrth Brevard. She t has cllabrated with the City f Titusville, the Space Cast Office f Turism and Visit Flrida in prmting Nrth Brevard. The prgram is being spnsred by AT&T. Table f 8 spnsrships are available fr $500. The Manr at The Great Outdrs is lcated at 137 Plantatin Drive. T make reservatins r fr mre infrmatin abut spnsrships, cntact Pat Stevensn at r stevensn@titusville.rg. Brevard Genealgical Sciety t hst speaker Mary Beth Peavy n Sept. 10 The Brevard Genealgical Sciety will kick ff its fall meetings with guest speaker Mary Beth Peavy making a presentatin n the Germanna Clnies in Virginia. The prgram is set fr 9:30 a.m. n Mnday, Sept. 10, at the Catherine Schweinsberg Rd Central Library n Frrest Avenue in Cca. Peavy is a member f the Germanna Fundatin and the Daughters f the American Revlutin, thrugh her Germanna ancestrs. The first Germanna clnists arrived by ship in Her talk will cver their histry, hw they came t the clnies and hw they lived, including the funding f what was at ne time the Westernmst frt in the clnies. She will als discuss the resurces and events available thrugh the Germanna Fundatin. The mnthly meetings f the Brevard Genealgical Sciety are held at the Catherine Schweinsberg Rd Central Library. Funders Frum t annunce Funder f the Year at event set fr Aug. 28 Funders Frum will hnr its 2018 Funder f the Year at an event frm 6 8:30 p.m. n Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Crwne Plaza Melburne Oceanfrnt Htel. The fur finalists fr the award are: Sctt Lewit, Structural Cmpsites; Kurt Wilsn, SeaDek Marine Prducts; Randall Randy May, Ambassadr Services Inc.; and Je Penvich, Grills Seafd. Tickets fr the event are $45 each (early bird pricing). A table spnsrship is $500. That s a table that seats eight peple. Fr mre infrmatin n the Funder f the Year event, visit FundersFrum.cm/2018 funder f the year. BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 20 Call Adrienne Rth at fr Advertising Infrmatin AUGUST 27, 2018

21 Lightle Beckner Rbisn Inc. Cntinued frm page 13 Lking ahead t next year and beynd, Lightle said he is very ptimistic abut Brevard s cmmercial real estate market. Barring an unfreseen wrld event, I dn t see any reasn fr a slwdwn in the near future. Interest rates are rising slwer than what sme peple perhaps had anticipated. That s gd news. We d see cnstructin csts rising. But all f the quality jb grwth in this cunty is ging t make Brevard unique, I believe, as cmpared t the rest f the state and as cmpared t mst f the cuntry. Jb grwth builds an area. Grwing cmpanies dn t drain yur infrastructure, they help pay fr yur infrastructure. We think Brevard is well psitined fr the next cuple f years. The lcal cmmercial real estate market is s buyant these days that the wrd spec has re entered the industry s ling after a lng absence. There is sme speculative retail building ging n in the cunty and that is smething we haven t seen in the past seven r eight years in Brevard, said Jeffrey Jeff Rbisn, a principal and retail specialist at Team LBR. He added that retail and hspitality demand cntinue t grw alng the Interstate 95 and Palm Bay Rad crridrs and in Viera. We re seeing higher than usual demand in thse areas. An example is the new $30 millin Palm Bay Executive Park, which will feature a Hyatt Place Htel, a Hme2 Suites by Hiltn, tw restaurants, and three retail buildings. The U shaped 10 acre parcel is next t Bass Pr Shps and Space Cast Harley Davidsn, just ff f Palm Bay Rad. There are htel prjects literally frm the suthern part f the cunty t the nrthern part f the cunty, said Rbisn. The develper f Palm Bay Executive Park is AD1 Glbal Hspitality. The cmpany is headquartered in Hllywd, Fla. The prject s general cntractr is Certified General Cntractrs in Melburne. Cnstructin is underway at Palm Bay Executive Park. Rbisn said he is seeing upbeat activity cuntywide. A specific example f the market s strength can be seen in the leasing at a Winn Dixie anchred center in Titusville. Fr six years r lnger, the center was arund 40 t 50 percent ccupied. Our retail team is leasing that prperty and we are nearing 85 percent ccupancy. That has ccurred in the last 12 mnths. This is an example f what we re seeing thrughut Brevard Cunty. His cmpany recently pened an ffice in Titusville. It s led by Hlly Carver, a sales and leasing assciate wh is a lngtime Titusville resident. Hlly is running ur Nrth Brevard peratins and she is ding a fantastic jb, said Lightle. Hlly is very bullish n Nrth Brevard, especially Titusville, added Rbisn. She knws the nrth part f the cunty prbably better than anybdy I ve met in this business. Hlly is unequivcally a Titusville expert. She is an incredible asset t Team LBR. In Melburne, the recently vacated sizable Tys R Us facility n West New Haven Avenue is sure t see a lt f interest. That cmpany liquidated. There are peple clamring fr that asset. It s nt listed yet. There is huge demand fr thse types f big bxes that are empty think creative replacement and think creative slutins, said Rbisn. Mike Mss, directr f industrial prperties at Team LBR, pretty much eched what his clleagues are saying abut the cmmercial market. In the industrial segment f the industry, lcally, demand fr space is far utstripping current inventry. He said there is a strng demand fr flexible manufacturing space in Brevard Cunty. We are seeing sme f that grwth being driven by ut f state businesses that are cming here and are ding wrk fr aerspace cmpanies and ther entities. Occupancy in the cunty fr everything frm flex space t warehuse distributin space is at an all time high. We are getting very creative t find slutins fr prspective tenants as well as fr ur landlrds t meet demand. Mss said the I 95 crridr, lcally, is becming a distributin rute fr the state f Flrida. In December f 2017, the Department f Transprtatin mandated electrnic lgging devices fr truckers. They can nly drive a certain number f hurs a day. I think that is ne f the reasns we are starting t see third party lgistics cmpanies cme t Brevard Cunty. He added, They can reach Miami, Tampa, and Jacksnville, and actually all the way t Savannah and back in a ne day perid. S there is less cst invlved fr their transprtatin. We are seeing sme f that grwth. There is just s much ging n right nw in ur industry. As an rganizatin acrss all sectrs f the cmmercial real estate market we are very bullish n Brevard Cunty, added Rbisn. We believe we will cntinue t see a strng wind in the sails f Brevard fr a very lng time based n tday s activity in the market. Richards Paints 8/20/18 page 2 AUGUST 27, 2018 Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 21

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23 Club Esteem Cntinued frm page 1 Park in Melburne. S we have seen expnential grwth ver the last 15 years. He added, It s been an incredible success stry partnering with the cmmunity. Ellena is really the driving frce behind the cnnectivity f Club Esteem in the cmmunity. We have cnnectins with mre than a dzen different prgrams in ne way r anther which cntribute t the utcmes and the success f the kids at Club Esteem. The relatinships include United Way f Brevard, which is ne f ur lngest and mst cnsistent supprters, Cmmunity Fundatin fr Brevard, and the Flrida Institute f Technlgy. Flrida Tech has been huge helping us, said McGee. Club Esteem has all kinds f interactin with Flrida Tech. Their psychlgy department, fr instance, des all f ur childhd testing and cunseling fr the prgram. Little s invlvement with Club Esteem began in 1994 as a vlunteer mentr and perfrming arts teacher. Several years later she jined the staff f Club Esteem and served as activities directr, prgram directr, and assistant directr. Our gal is t create pprtunities that help children and teens break free frm the cycle f pverty and develp int healthy, prductive and visin driven adults, Little said. We believe that all children deserve equal pprtunity t reach their full ptential, regardless f their ecnmic circumstances. Club Esteem is cmmitted t helping children and their families btain real lasting success and create meaningful change in their cmmunity. As the executive directr, Little is respnsible fr the develpment and implementatin f the rganizatin s prgrams and curriculum, and determining and addressing the nging needs and interests f Club Esteem s yuth and families. Well run after schl prgrams that ffer a psitive envirnment can help students in lw incme cmmunities be mre academically successful and feel mre cnfident tward their schlwrk, a new study finds. Cnducted by researchers at New Yrk University, the study suggests that such prgrams, which ften bring students in cntact with instructrs wh are similar t them in age and backgrund, are particularly beneficial fr students at risk fr behavir prblems and disengagement frm schl. Students wh had the highest level f scial behaviral risk but attended after schl classrms with mre psitive envirnments als became mre academically engaged, the researchers fund. Club Esteem s prgrams are designed t imprve students academic achievement, imprve their behaviral and scial functining, and increase readiness fr pst high schl educatin, training and emplyment. Club Esteem prides itself n being an agency that prvides a hand up and nt a hand ut t children and families, she says. And that guiding principal has led the way all these years fr the nnprfit rganizatin. Club Esteem prvides a safe and caring envirnment fr children and teens t learn, grw and reach their full ptential. Club Esteem s services include cllege readiness, career explratin, STEM learning, character educatin, perfrming arts, hmewrk assistance, tutring, parenting wrkshps and mre. Additinally, Club Esteem students participate in meaningful cmmunity service learning prjects, educatinal field trips and cllege turs. Ellena has dne a fantastic jb as executive directr, said Dr. Deffebach. Club Esteem has maintained a AUGUST 27, 2018 culture f pride and excellence that puts children n the path t academic and persnal success. She cntinued, Fr example, Club Esteem basts a 100 percent high schl graduatin rate, cmpared t the state f Flrida s average graduatin rate f 60 percent fr lw incme students. Natinally, 46 percent f lw incme students g t cllege, whereas Club Esteem s rate is 95 percent. Dr. Deffebach said 100 percent f Club Esteem students wh attend cllege finish their degree within six years. S as a bard we are super prud f that. We are ding great and helping kids, and we have the real numbers t back that up. When we g ut int the cmmunity and ask peple t invest in ur rganizatin, we can cnfidently tell them they are making a great investment in the future. That s really imprtant t us. Sme f the students elect t serve in the military r g n and earn certificatins that will help them enter the wrkfrce and start a career. We have high expectatins fr Club Esteem graduates, but nt every kid needs t g t cllege, we believe, said Dr. Deffebach. But we d believe that every student needs t have the skills t be able t gain emplyment, get a gd jb with benefits, and be able t supprt a family. Hwever, mst f ur students d g n t cllege. Club Esteem alumni are attending a wide range f clleges, including Flrida Tech, University f Flrida, Gergia Tech, Flrida State University, Flrida Atlantic University, Flrida Internatinal University, University f Suth Flrida, Flrida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Clark University, Hward University, and Eastern Flrida State Cllege. These are first generatin cllege students, she said. Research shws that when the first member f a family ges t cllege, the trajectry f that whle family every generatin t fllw changes frever. New research frm Campus Labs, a higher educatin data cllectin and sftware cmpany, examined the nncgnitive skills f first generatin students and cmpared them t their multigeneratinal peers. The research fund that first generatin students are mre engaged and cmmitted t their educatin. Campus Labs measured respnses t rughly 40 questins frm students at mre than 60 clleges and universities that wrk with the cmpany. We ve had tw first generatin cllege students frm Club Esteem be awarded Gates Millennium Schlarships, said Dr. Deffebach. The Gates Schlarships prvide fr a student s educatin fr as lng as he r she wants t stay in schl. Our tw Gates Schlars are currently bth enrlled in dctral prgrams. One is in mechanical engineering and the ther is studying psychlgy. That s incredible. Established in 1999 with the gal f develping Leaders fr America s Future, the Gates Millennium Schlars Prgram is funded by a $1.6 billin grant frm the Gates Fundatin, making it the largest single gift t a schlarship prvider. The award cvers tuitin, and rm and bard thrughut their bachelr s, master s, and dctral prgrams. The schlarships are fr students frm lw incme backgrunds. They attend Ivy League clleges, flagship state universities, histrically black clleges and universities, and ther institutins. Club Esteem is funded by dnatins frm crpratins, small businesses, families, and individuals, as well as rganizatins such as United Way f Brevard. In additin t that, Club Esteem is funded thrugh varius grants and fundraisers. Our biggest fundraiser f the year, by far, is Rck The Visit BrevardBusinessNews.cm fr Advertising Infrmatin Casbah. It s ne f the mst imprtant events fr us as it pertains t the well being f Club Esteem, said McGee. We raise ver ne third f ur annual perating cst at this fundraiser, added Dr. Deffebach. The event is in its 13th year. This year s theme is The Future is Nw. We have been frtunate in the last few years t see the benefits frm this fundraiser increase. And we re n track, thugh it s early, t d the same this year, thanks t Kim (Deffebach), wh leads this effrt every year (as the event chairwman). She has dne a fantastic jb with Rck The Casbah. This is the hippest fundraiser in twn. That s what peple tell us, said McGee. Because we want this t be a great party, we bring in a band (Blue Stne Circle) frm Universal Studis in Orland, Dr. Deffebach added. We have live music and dancing. That band is very talented. We aim t make it a really great time fr everyne. The gurmet dinner will be prepared by Chef Matt Nugnes (the wner f Matt s Casbah). It s always exciting t see what the chef cmes up with. The fd is always fantastic, said McGee. Club Esteem s gal is t raise $150,000 frm this year s Rck The Casbah and mst f that mney will cme thrugh spnsrships. A limited number f general admissin tickets are available fr purchase. They are $150 each. Spnsrships range frm $500 ( Maker ) t $15,000 ( Visinary ) and include tickets t the event and ther amenities. VIP spnsrships start at $2,500 ( Influencer ) and include reserved seating and full table service. T inquire abut being a spnsr fr Rck The Casbah, cntact Dr. Deffebach at cerckthecasbah@gmail.cm r at Yu can als becme a spnsr by registering nline at ClubEsteem.cm. The prgram will feature shrt speeches by Club Esteem members. S peple can better understand wh they are supprting by attending this event r being a spnsr f this event, she said. Club Esteem was established in 1991 by Gladys Williams, a grandmther wh was alarmed by the challenges facing yung peple in her Suth Melburne neighbrhd near Lipscmb Park Cmmunity Center. Williams, her clse friend Drthy Dt Linsn, and thers believed that the effrts f a few culd change the directin f yuth in and arund their cmmunity. In the spring f 1991, they began a club fr children. The yuth chse the name Club Esteem and defined their gals as staying in schl, making gd grades, and making psitive life chices. In 2003, Junir League f Suth Brevard Inc., the City f Melburne, and general cntractr M.H. Williams Cnstructin jined tgether t build Club Esteem a new facility, next t the Lipscmb Park Cmmunity Center at 3316 Mnre St. In 2004, the Club Esteem Yuth and Family Center pened, ffering expanded prgrams and services five days per week during the schl year. With the pening f the new facility, Club Esteem was able t prvide tutring, mentring, character educatin, cultural arts, and mre t 60 yuth per day at that time. The students have gne n t achieve, and becme leaders in their respective cmmunities. We ve had kids wh have ventured far and are ding great in their careers, and we ve had kids wh have stayed in Brevard and are ding great things here. S ur Club Esteem graduates are all ver the United States right nw. They are making an impact n sciety. It s really exciting t see this. The bard culd nt be pruder f the accmplishments f Club Esteem graduates, said Dr. Deffebach. BREVARD BUSINESS NEWS / 23

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