Business Briefs: May 13, 2012

Hesters Abbey Floorcoverings installers attend training session

Hesters Abbey Floorcoverings announced that Tom Partin and Dennis Kozlowski recently returned from Karastan carpet installation training in Tampa. The training, which was open to all floor covering installers in Florida, was conducted by Karastans master trainer Jim Walker. The two-day training required Partin and Kozlowski to commit time and money toward their professional education. While each of them has significant past experience, with a combined 40 years between them, they are now Karastan certified. That distinction, from the top carpet producer in America, separates them from others since they were the only carpet installers from NE Florida to attend.

Florida Humanities Council awards $15,000 grant to Florida Living History Inc.

Florida Living History Inc. has been awarded a grant of $15,000 by the Florida Humanities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The grant funding is to be used for the planning and implementation of large-scale humanities projects for the grant-award period of March 1, 2012 to Aug. 31, 2013. Aside from the living history events and lectures that is already committed to for this grant period, the funding will be used for production of a free, interactive, educational e-booklet on early colonial Florida for the states schoolchildren, ages 8 to 10, which will support the State of Floridas social studies standards for grade 4.

Florida Living History Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, educational organization. Contact info@floridalivinghistory.org or 1-877-FLA-HIST.

Mattamy Homes acquires home sites at Kelly Pointe at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra Beach

Mattamy Homes U.S. Group acquired 100 new home sites at Kelly Pointe at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra Beach. Steve Parker, president of Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, said new three, four and five-bedroom homes at Kelly Pointe at Nocatee will range in size from 1,900 square feet of living space to 2,700 square feet priced from the low $200s. Parker said Mattamy Homes is about to start construction of two model homes at Kelly Pointe at Nocatee that will open in August.

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Business Briefs: May 13, 2012