Serial Entrepreneur Jonathan Taylor is Keynote Speaker at Forum hosted by Rollins College CFAE, GrowFL, CEO Nexus, Florida High Tech Corridor Council

Winter Park, Fla. -- Jonathan Taylor, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Voxeo, will be the keynote speaker Dec. 10 at a forum of area CEOs and corporate principals hosted by Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship and CEO Nexus in collaboration with GrowFL and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. Registration and networking begins at 6 p.m. with the program to kick off at 6:45 followed by a Q&A until 8 p.m. at Rollins College Bush Science Center. The event is open to the CEOs of qualified second-stage companies (revenue of $1-50 million and/or 10-99 employees). Anyone interested in receiving an invitation to the event should contact info@ceonexus.com. Taylor founded Voxeo in 1999 to make phone apps easy to build and deploy. He sold the company to Aspect Software in July of this year for $150 Million. Over the last 20 years Taylor started eight companies, sold four and purchased and consolidated 17 more. Taylor is also chairman of Sighthound Labs and Entrenext Ventures. “We expect the presentation by Jonathan Taylor at this CEO Forum will be full of strategic advice that will help make life a little easier for the participating entrepreneurs and CEOs of growing companies in Central Florida,” said Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of GrowFL and associate vice president for Research and Commercialization at UCF. To learn more about CEO Nexus, visit www.ceonexus.com.

Meritage Homes Opens New Verde Park Community in Clermont

ORLANDO, Fla. – Meritage Homes recently opened a new community — Verde Park — in southeast Clermont. Brian Kittle, division vice president for Meritage Homes in the Orlando region, said Meritage has 111 home sites at Verde Park for single-family homes ranging from 3,082 square feet of living area to 5,107 square feet, priced from the $300s. Kittle said Meritage is offering four distinct one and two-story floor plans at Verde Park with four to six bedrooms, three and four baths and three-car garages, and each plan has up to six different front elevations. A model home, the Wimberly, with six bedrooms and four baths in 4,700 square feet of living area will be completed, decorated and open for viewing in March, he said.

RedTail Golf Club Standouts Mark Blakefield and Justin Hueber Make Q School Finals for Shot at Web.Com Tour

Sorrento, Fla. --- RedTail Golf Club members erupted in applause when they heard news that fellow RedTail members Mark Blakefield and Justin Hueber qualified to play in the final stage of the PGA’s Q School at PGA West in La Quinta, California December 12 - 17. Steve Downs, Golf Operations Manager at RedTail Golf Club, said Blakefield and Hueber turned in top performances at the recent Q School qualifier at Southern Hills Plantation in Brooksville. Both golfers shot nine-under 279 scores in the four-round Q School tournament, tying them for 16th place---good enough to earn both golfers the chance to tee up in the Q School finals and win a place on the Web.com tour. “Most of our top golfers at RedTail know each other and Blakefield and Heuber are both well-liked and respected around the clubhouse,” Downs explained.

Overseeding Successfully completed at RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento and Course is Open to Play without Restrictions Daily

SORRENTO, Fla. — RedTail Golf Club and its award-winning Dave Harman-designed championship golf course at S.R. 46 and S.R. 44 in Sorrento has successfully completed its summer overseeding and is open to play every day without restrictions. Steve Downs, Golf Operations Manager at RedTail Golf Club, said the overseeding has come in beautifully. “We are just a little early this year, which means we should have an excellent season,” Downs said. “Our course conditions are the best they have ever been and a lush emerald green.” Downs said seasonal residents and winter visitors will more than quadruple the number of tee times during the winter months. “It’s what Florida is most famous for and I don’t know of a better golf course in Florida to experience it. We are very excited and we anticipate a very busy winter schedule,” he said.

Ryland Homes opens New Phase at Connerton in Land O’ Lakes

Land O’ Lakes, Fla. --- Ryland Homes recently opened a new phase for new single-family homes priced from the low $190s in Connerton, located at 8641 Savory Walk Drive, Land O’ Lakes, Fl 34639. Mike Finley, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Tampa Bay region, said the homebuilder has released 32 conservation area and water view home sites in the new phase. “Connerton has been in high demand since its early 2013 grand opening, which drew over a thousand visitors,” Finley said. “To have this caliber of amenities, beautiful home site views, and a highly rated elementary school within walking distance in one community is rare and valuable.” Connerton is a master-planned, designated New Town community with a theme park-style pool, community center with fitness center and a restaurant, and a highly rated elementary school within the community. For more information please go to www.ryland.com/tampa.

Lennar opens new phase at Brandon Pointe with 108 new home sites

TAMPA, Fla. --- Lennar has opened a third phase with 108 new home sites at Brandon Pointe, located on Providence Road off Causeway Boulevard just five miles from Westfield Brandon Shopping Mall. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said Lennar plans to build 44 town homes and 64 single-family homes in the new phase. New two and three-bedroom town homes at Brandon Pointe will range in size from 1,500 square feet of living space to 1,600 square feet. New three and four-bedroom single-family homes at Brandon Pointe will range in size from 1,600 square feet to 2,500 square feet with two and three car garages, Metheny said. All Lennar homes at Brandon Pointe feature the homebuilder’s “Everything’s Included” pledge: a wide range of appliances, special features and upgrades including the homebuilder’s EcoSmart program, at one “everything’s included” price, Metheny said. Among the amenities at Brandon Pointe are a lake, common green spaces and a community swimming pool. Visit www.LennarTampa.com.