A good cup of coffee is a staple of most people’s days. It is a great start to the day, and a great coffee shop is the perfect place to meet for business or pleasure. Since 2018, The Coffee Mill has been providing people with the best coffee in Largo.

Still using the original roaster fom ‘83, when there was originally a gift shop on the site, it is 1 of only 5 fluid bed roasters in the whole US. They have 62 different different coffees, and they partner with Jupiter Donuts, which is the perfect partnership.

Hannah and her mother, part of a winning team, tells how they are always improving, and studying the process of roasting, so that they can continue to improve.

Hannah fell in love with the shop when she worked for the previous owner, and that joke that she would always own the shop, was provided with a wonderful punchline, when that dream came true.

They are carrying a torch that the previous owner, Tracy picked up from the owner of Joffrey’s coffee, of continual improvement.

They donate to Anona Elementary, and the church they go to, and they are very active in the local community. They are members of the Pinellas Chamber, and are looking to expand into new locations, and bringing the gift of coffee to everyone with the wonderful idea of a coffee box, to make those 62 coffees available to everyone.

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Check out this amazing project that is helping to transform the lives of homeless people in Clearwater, FL.

Chris and Barbara have owned Chris's Carpet Services for 41 years. They started out as a carpet installer, working with carpet upholstery, and also grout cleaning. 20 years ago they decided to add another

string to their bow and they began dealing with water damage. Always looking for new ways in which they can help people, 5 years ago they got their state license in mold remediation.

Barbara attributes their success to the personal touch that they bring to every job. With water damage and mold problems, it can be a very stressful time for the clients, and Chris' Carpet Service & Water Restoration handhold them through the whole process, so that when they come out the other end they are completely happy. The clients appreciate this degree of care in trying times. One great example of going the extra mile is when a technician, while working to repair the damage in a client's home, helped put groceries away so they didn't spoil, because the owner was out of the house.

Chris, like many people who become experts in their field, apprenticed as a carpet installer and picked it up so well that he branched out on his own. Chris became a master and is able to work on Axminster carpets, which requires a degree of expertise that is not common in the field. He would hand sew these high end carpets that have to be handled very carefully, working all night to repair them. This specialist knowledge has, over the years, saved their clients thousands in insurance costs - where most people would not know what to do.



All of the team at Chris' Carpet Services all go to IICRC, the Institute Of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification for their ongoing education. Chris is a Master Cleaner trained in handling water damage, carpet cleaning, and mold remediation.

To help the community, the company will help lder people and those who are in need. Chris' Carpet Services are part of the Central Pinellas Chamber Of Commerce, BNI Nexus, and they have BBB A+ rating, and 5 stars on Yelp.

Chris and Barbara both originally come from New York State and moved to Florida on the same day, and met a year later.

They both love the business, especially the interaction with the customers, and making people happy. Recently they worked on 2 back to back mold jobs, which took 3 weeks for each job, and the two clients, who were friends with each other, were both very happy with the work that was done. Some jobs are harder than others, and Chris' Carpet Services recently had to deal with one of the worst sewage blocks they had ever seen in a home - Barbara described the damage as disastrous: the lady had no insurance and they had to tear out walls, but they handled the issue and were very proud of the work, and the customer was incredibly happy.

Chris' Carpet Services & Water Restoration are a Family Owned, Full Service Company, who prize customer service and quality of service very highly - something their customers would readily confirm.

If you call and mention this article you can get $100 off your deductible for water damage.

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Ray Cassano Is The #1 Realtor In Pinellas County

Imagine that you play a sport that can be played in a team or solo, and that your solo efforts were set against those of a team - hardly fair, right? The same would be true if you were to match a single person's sales to that of a collective - it makes sense that multiple people are going to be able to do more and generate more money, if they are working effectively, than a single individual. Look at the individual production of each member of that team and match their statistics against those of a stellar solo player, and you would be looking at a totally different picture. Should team production and individual production be ranked in the same way? Is it not confusing to rank independents and teams together?

If you look at the success of Ray Cassano, he ranks in the top fifty, when matched against those teams who work in real estate - so he is holding his own. If you judge him person to person against individual agents he is head and shoulders above everyone. As a person looking to get the perfect piece of real estate, wouldn't you want the stellar solo player in your court rather than the person whose statistics may be muddied by being mixed in with the work of their team mates?

If you work with Ray, you know you are getting a real estate professional with 44 years of experience who has a passion and a drive to deliver that dream home to you, or to make sure your business is able to inhabit that perfect spot you picked out. If you get someone whose statistics are commingled by the influence of those they work with and their performance, maybe all you can say about them is that they are a great team player (not a bad thing, but not the same as a star solo player by any means!). Buying a home is an important decision, and finding a place to set up your business can be vital to its success - so being able to clearly see someone's statistics in doing that is a great indication that you can place your trust in them to do the same for you.

In any field there are those who excel - those who consistently demonstrate their brilliance in the field in which they operate. In real estate, in the Clearwater area, one realtor does that: Ray Cassano. Ray is an award winning realtor who has been number one in his field for a long time, and his business continues growing from strength to strength.

Ray is well known in the Clearwater community, and his business, Station Square Realty, is a landmark. It was founded in 2004 and has helped many people to find the perfect piece of real estate for them. He is the prime realtor in downtown, and is a Realtor Emeritus, a status awarded because of the amount of time he has been in real estate, and the quality of service. He has been selling real estate for over 44 years, and he and his colleagues at Station Square Realty are GRI qualified (Graduates of Real Estate Institute), an honor given only to the top real estate agents in the country.

Ray has expressed before his desire to boom Clearwater and make it into one of the finest cities on Earth, and he has contributed to that in a lot of ways. Clearwater is a great place to live, and Station Square Realty's passion for helping people find the exact right property for them has been.

Ray sums it up on his website: "I love helping people get one of their biggest dreams, which is their own house or business!!"

How often do you think about the energy that might be leaking out of your home? You may have seen a few of those little animations where the energy is represented as money flowing out of the windows and the roof, and all the badly insulated parts of the house. You may even have sat there and looked at your bills and wondered how they are quite so high. My Energy Monster provides you with solutions that stop that energy and all that money disappearing out of your life, and ways to make your home more energy efficient.

Cesar Rodriguez has helped countless people since he first got into the business 14 years ago, and he is looking forward to helping many more. 5 of those years have been in Florida, where he has done a lot for the community, working with Feast, a food bank in Palm Harbor, and as a drug counsellor with the Alliance For Substance Abuse Prevention.

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Experience New You Dental's Wonderful Relaxing Atmosphere

There are millions of people who come in search of the American Dream, and of those, some recognize that the key to achieving it is hard work. With $1 in her pocket, and a dream, 19 year old Ewa Zabatani traveled from Poland to America.

A dream can carry you across oceans, and it can serve as a compass to guide you through your life, to the place you want to be, and Ewa had that. She had a dream to create a family and a business. She says: ”I always wanted to work and find my own way.” And she did.

In a real demonstration of spirit, with no English, she set her sights on working in a really nice restaurant and jazz club in New York, and with fierce determination she made it happen. It was a cool place frequented by such luminaries as Bruce Willis and Madonna, she learned English with the occasional help of her manager.

She worked nights and miraculously managed to also have a career of a few years modeling with a top modelling agency which was accompanied by some great things, such as being in some music videos by top musicians, in magazines and TV commercials, and getting some small parts in movies.

In 2000, Ewa’s American Dream led her to Clearwater, where after a period working in the restaurant industry she became a dental assistant, and got herself a 2 year diploma as a dental technician. Always working hard to attain that dream - there was a period she was designing and selling flowers, waitressing, working in dentistry, and taking care of her children.

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While gaining more and more experience in the business of dentistry she bought and sold a restaurant, and as a result, in 2017 was able to open her next business, The New You Dental and Aesthetics ( one of the first dental spas - a new and innovative concept developed by Ewa herself). She did this with her two partners, Dr Barna and Mr Kerns, who believed in her vision, and fully supported the realization of the dream.

Along the way Ewa did the full training line up at the world’s largest and leading dental management company, and has built her business into a flourishing practice that takes care of 300+ patients in and around Safety Harbor. Ewa loves to help people, and her dream for the long term, is to provide high quality affordable healthcare to everyone in a relaxing environment. “I want each of my patients to be treated like a person and not a number.”

As Ewa has built up her practice, she has also assembled around her a great team. She says: “I believe to have true success you have to have a great team & teamwork.” She believes that “Patients can be happy if the team is good,” and it is evident in the growth of her practice that she has both a great team, and happy patients. Her hard work and these other ingredients are creating the success and making that American Dream a reality.

Dr Carina Catipovic, the general dentist at The New You, originally from Buffalo, New York, brings a lot to the team. She is a talented and detail oriented dentist, who is very professional, delivers high quality treatment, and embodies all the values of The New You Dental.

Liz, The New You's dental hygienist, has over 25 years of experience. She loves her work, and is a vital member of the team, who loves the mission of The New You Dental And Aesthetics dental spa.

As well as offering excellent dentistry, The New You Dentistry provides Botox and facial fillers to rejuvenate your face as the “framework” for your smile, among other services. The New You Dental works hard to ensure satisfaction, and offers a 5 year warranty on everything. Ewa takes great care of her patients, and makes sure they are happy from the moment they step through the door to the moment they leave.

If you or anyone in your business is looking for a great dental experience, you can call Ewa at any time and arrange to visit the spa. Please check out their website here.

Do You Have Mold In Your Building? It Needs To Be Handled

Do you live in Clearwater or the Tampa Bay Area? Have you ever had a problem with mold? Then Mold Zero is the company you have been looking for.

All of our clients that we work with have one thing in common - they are providing a service or a product that is designed to help people, and Mold Zero are no exception. Using a patented dry fog technology they attack and eradicate mold spores wherever they have settled in in your living or work space, and once that has been removed they perform a second process that out a microbiological barrier in place that prevents any further mold growth in that area. They are based in Clearwater but service the whole Tampa Bay area, and sometimes even further afield. Before the development of technologies like the one in use by Mold Zero home and business owners would have to resort to demolition mold removal, and this can be a lot more invasive and expensive, and can, in some cases not prove as effective as its practitioners would have you believe, because it can miss areas that the dry fog would penetrate and handle.

If You Need Mold Treated, Contact Mold Zero

In Florida we have very high humidity as it is, so having faulty AC is enough to provide an opening for mold to settle in and start growing. Add in flooding and you increase the likelihood even further. Structural changes brought about by renovation, or even with newer construction the changes in building regulations, can be enough to affect the humidity levels inside a building and give mold the perfect climate in which to grow. Your structure is not the only thing under threat when you have mold. Depending on your sensitivity you can fall prey to the allergies mold causes, suffering because of various mycotoxins and bacteria associated with the mold's growth. Asthma, fibromyalgia, brain fog, rashes, neurological problems - the list goes on. Removing the mold isn't easy, and the EPA has a lot of warnings about what to do and not do, and what equipment you should use. In most cases, except for very minimal amounts of mold, you are going to be better sending for a professional like Mold Zero. Please click here check them out.

Clearwater Artwalk Really Showed The Local Talent We Have

Last Friday at 6-9 Buzzazz transformed into an art gallery. We have a pretty aesthetic looking office as is, with art themed around the western frontier on one wall, and showbiz and sport on the other.  But Friday was something else.

We had beautiful work by Kim Braun and CapeBuffalo Furniture, and some amazing sculptures by Adi Ben Dov. The energy in all these pieces leapt out at you, and were very popular with people who visited us.

There Really Is A Love Of Art And These Kinds Of Events

See Some Great Art In Clearwater!

Clearwater has a really great scene and a lot of artists that are active and producing and selling their work. In the normal course of your day. as you walk around, you will come across a number of high quality galleries that are displaying fine art. Art really is part of the lifeblood of the local community - there is a lot of great art in public spaces as well, and it really transforms the way you can perceive the area.

The Clearwater Art Walk serves as the perfect event to introduce you to or remind you of what an artistic place you live in, or if you are from out of town and you are visiting, you will see what great artists Clearwater has to offer.

Come And See Us July 27th!

Here at Buzzazz, the company that built Wabamm, we are very supportive of the artists in our local community, and we have worked closely with several of them to help them promote their work. As part of our continuing support of local art we are taking part in this great event, and we will be having something very special happening at Buzzazz that you won't want to miss.

We are at 645 Cleveland St right opposite the Post Office, and we look forward to meeting you on Friday July 27th between 6 and 9pm.

World Renowned Artist's Sculpture For St Pete

If you like art, and you like sculpture, and you live in St Petersburg, there is some good news for you - a sculpture by Janet Echelman is coming your way.

Mayor Kriseman has secured private donations of approximately $1.5 million to  make the sculpture happen.

Echelman is a world renowned sculptor who "reshapes urban airscapes" with her vast and dynamic aerial sculptures. She has given a Ted Talk and other lectures, has been featured in magazines from Time to Wired, and has created some beautiful and iconic works that you would surely recognize even if you don't recall the name.

It will be a signature piece for the Pier District, which is currently under construction.

Tampa Born Artist Creates Beautiful Aerial Sculptures

Janet Echelman was born in Tampa, and Kriseman presented her with the key to the city in 2016.

Three prominent backers of the project have been Premier Eye Care CEO Lorna Taylor, former Florida House Speaker Peter Wallace and his wife, St. Petersburg Poet Laureate Helen Pruitt Wallace.

Art is very important to the cultural life of St Petersburg - it has a thriving art district and a very active spoken word scene, and great music, among many other great reasons to love the city.

The lifespan of the sculpture is projected to be 25 to 30 years, and it would possibly be located at Spa Beach, though this may change if the opposition from the Waterfront Parks Foundation is successful. Wherever it finds its eventual home it will definitely be something worth seeing.

Auto Tech Garage's Owner Has 30 Years Of Experience And Expertise

Richard Alberto, known to everyone as Chico, runs Auto Tech Garage in St. Petersburg, and has been in business for 30 years. His friend and general manager Richard Franks says that Chico is the best diagnostic man in the business, and his diagnostic skills are definitely one of the things that makes Auto Tech Garage the place to go to if you are having any kind of vehicle trouble.

Chico is fully qualified and certified in every area to do with diagnostics and repair, and AC, for automobiles, and this, combined with years of experience, means there aren't many problems he hasn't seen or been able to solve.

He prides himself on being very honest and offering the best rates, and sees being honest and fair as the secret to his success.

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Chico got into the business initially by working at other garages, and then wanted to own his own. He used to race as well, so you know that he knows automobiles inside and out.

Speaking to Richard Franks, the Office Manager, you really get the feeling that the people who work at the garage are family. Chico does a lot to help the people he works with, and you sense he treats his customers with as much care as well. Franks originally worked in the tire business, and came to the garage through his friendship with Chico, and is great to talk to.

If you go to Auto Tech Garage you know you are going to be taken care of.

An Old Development Poised To Become Vital Resource

If you have lived in Clearwater for any length of time you will have seen the unfinished development opposite the Nolen on Cleveland Street. It's been there a while, and you may have given pause to wonder whether or not it was ever going to achieve completion as a project. Well, now, it seems, they are closing on that finish line, and a landmark is going to be transformed into something vital that really adds to the town. GSP Development's plan will give us a restaurant with a coffee shop - always a welcome addition, parking, a dog wash and bike storage on the ground floor. Residents are also going to have the benefit of a fitness center, a golf simulator, and a party room and pool deck.

Clearwater Is In An Exciting Phase Of Growth

Volunteers Do A Lot To Improve People's Quality Of Life

There are a lot of people out there who give their time to help people, and are looking to change the quality of life for everyone from the ground up. There are always tools that one can get that help to better achieve their goals, and there are some very successful actions that some non-profits have employed, but which other groups may not be aware of.

Karena Morrison, of the Clearwater Community Volunteer Center, helps a lot of people already with her own group, but is looking to share her experience and knowledge with others to help them help more people. Karen will deliver a second set of seminars on Monday June 25th that are designed to give grass-roots organizations the tools which will help them grow and help more families. Over 15 years Karen has been providing help to people and improving their lives.

Go And Get Some Great Tools!

Who couldn't do with some help to Maximise Their Message? And just think of the number of people who are going benefit from a more enlightened and better equipped community of volunteers - the exponential effect is amazing, and should definitely be supported.

The event can be signed up for via the Benevolution Facebook Page, so go and sign up.

Handling The Plastic Straw Problem And Helping The Animals

One thing that you probably don't think too much about is drinking straws, and you are therefore unlikely to be aware of their impact on the environment. Who would have thought that 100,000 marine animals are killed by debris like plastic straws every year? And likewise, who imagine the number of species that are impacted in such a large way by this kind of pollution? Living in such a beautiful place with such a wide variety of animals, and then hearing about this kind of carelessness is a little distressing, but knowing that there are people out there who are working hard to combat it, and to protect the wildlife gives you a lot of hope.

Frenchy's Restaurant has made the switch from plastic straws, and Solid Waste officials are encouraging others to follow suit.

Beautiful Wildlife Is Something It Is Surprisingly Easy To Help

When you travel around the area, and you see the fish, and the turtles, and the dolphins, and all of the other species that make up the ecology of Clearwater and the surrounding area really are a beautiful resource, and for something as easily avoidable as plastic pollution to be addressed and handled really would be a great thing, not just for the animals themselves, but also for the people who live here and visit and come partly to see and experience these kind of things.

It's great to know about these kind of initiatives that you can easily contribute to as well. Thinking about the animals and then thinking about the plastic straws you use, it is an easy choice to make about what you should do with your own litter and waste products.

Great Abstract Art For Display Inside Or Outside

Local artist Dustin Miller is always busy creating new pieces of art, and if you travel around the local area and further afield you may have seen some of his pieces. Taking his inspiration from the elements and from shapes that are in nature, and using highly durable materials, he creates vibrant sculptures that really communicate with the space they are in, and to those who view them.

There is a really bustling art scene in Clearwater, St Petersburg, Tampa, and the whole Tampa Bay area, and the SeaHorse Gallery and Gift Shop is a great example of this. Located next to the beautiful Clearwater Beach, it is the perfect setting for you to view art.

Really great art communicates, and there is something about finding a great gallery where you can enjoy great art - time disappears when you are stood in front of a great piece of art, and when you have a whole gallery full of great art, you can easily lose a whole day.

If you like art there are some great artists that have local connections. You can see world renowned artists like Jim Warren and Dick Zimmerman, and Marci Braun, and view some amazing work.

You can see work that represents the ultimate in portraiture and imaginative painting, as well as works that capture some of the unique character of Florida itself.

Jim Warren has been a successful artist for 40 years, is multi-award winning, and internationally known. One of his best known pieces is the Grammy Award Winning album cover to Bob Seger's album "Against The Wind."

Dick Zimmerman, who has been painting for over 45 years, and has painted many well known people, including Salvador Dali and his wife, and he created the portrait of Michael Jackson that was used on the "Thriller" Album Cover.

Kim Braun, who comes from Sycamore, Illinois originally, found inspiration in `982 while visiting the Florida Keys, and brings a vibrancy and unique vision to the life from under the sea and the water birds that surround it.

You are guaranteed to find a piece that you will fall in love with and want to own.

Clearwater is finally free from the frequent intrusion of train horns, which has been a long time coming, and is no small thing. For anyone in downtown Clearwater there were often several times in the day when you would have to hit the pause button on any phone calls you were trying to have because the train would come through and would announce to everyone that there was indeed a train passing through. You couldn't hear anything while it was going on, and depending on the length of the train, it could be a little unpredictable about how long the experience would go on.

 

It strangely got installed without much fanfare, which was a bit of a missed opportunity for whoever managed to finally get the decision pushed through. There had been enough coverage on how noisy it was, but no one has been out to ask how it feels to have the peace and quiet in place.

Train Now Moves Quietly Through Downtown!

I hadn't even noticed myself that it had happened, but when it was pointed out it was obvious. You can get so used to working around an issue, and so make it a part of your routine, that it becomes almost invisible – even if it is very audible.

 

Given that the barriers and lights were pretty obvious, it did make you wonder who exactly the train horns were catering for. To witness the normal routine when a train came through, and the impossibility of crossing in front of it, you would have to work really hard to not know that there was a train coming. When the train would sound off it wouldn't just be once, or if it was one noise it was continuous until the train passed.

 

But no wall you get is the Florida sunshine and the occasional car noise. It's great!