In what has become an annual Thanksgiving tradition, Splash Car Wash filled their "fire truck" with 100 turkeys and delivered them to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s coat and food drive at the Bridgeport Harbor Yard Arena.

As the polar vortex pushes temperatures down, people who work outside have to be prepared to deal with the frigid weather. Mail carriers, firefighters, police officers, farmers, utility and construction workers are just a few of the people who typically work outside year-round, regardless of the conditions. 

Fort Crook Car Wash, 613 Fort Crook Road N., is collecting blankets for a local nursing home for Christmas. The goal is to collect 80 blankets by Dec. 23.

A South Florida on-demand car wash app may be just the kind of tool car detailers need to boost business – and help busy business people find a faster way of getting their vehicles cleaned.

When Steve Mahan was a kid in the 1960s, his mother would sometimes wake him in the early hours of the morning to watch the hours of television coverage preceding the launch of the Mercury space missions. "We would hear about all of the preparations, all of the technology, everything that led up to these moments," Mahan says.

A Primrose Car Wash is the latest business to come to the new Apex Center, after city councilors Monday approved a developer's request for a special permit.

An old car wash at 2710 Manatee Avenue East will get revitalized and reopen under new ownership after being approved this week for a special use permit required for significant changes to the existing site plan.

Kevin and Hunter Allickson have opened an automatic car wash on Highway 2. This father-son duo, used to farming and ranching, decided that a car wash business was something they wanted to get into.

2017 is slowly approaching, and with a new year comes new challenges. Personal challenges. Team challenges. Organizational and leadership challenges. While my crystal ball is far from being 100 percent accurate, there are certainly leadership trends from this year that can be projected into next.

As a leader, leaving a great legacy is arguably the most powerful thing you can do in your career and life because it enables you to have influence well into the future – even after you are out of the picture yourself. It’s key to optimizing your impact on your organization and its people.

These small businesses used their sharp wit and deep knowledge of their community to craft ads that resonated with audiences in their areas and beyond. 

The most powerful word in advertising. It’s all about the consumer. "You" builds the connection with the reader. "You" is how we speak in conversation. Whenever you can make your writing more conversational, it’s an automatic win.