Community Bulletin

First Colony Bank hires new senior vice president

First Colony Bank in Maitland is pleased to announce that Rich O’Brien has joined the bank as a senior vice president and commercial loan officer. Founded in 2008, First Colony Bank is an old-fashioned community bank in an ever-changing banking world. While offering the most sophisticated products and technology available in the industry, First Colony does so with a special personal touch the way banking used to be.

Local pet store receives award

Woof Gang Bakery, your neighborhood pet store, is pleased to announce their achievement at the 2016 Global Pet Expo Retailer Excellence Awards. The Retailer Excellence Awards are designed to honor outstanding independent pet stores in a variety of categories. Woof Gang Bakery was recognized in Multi-Service Excellence at the awards program, by Pet Business Media. The Multi-Service Excellence award recognizes Woof Gang Bakery’s effective offering of a broad spectrum of services including grooming, training, boarding, etc.

Details Flowers wins competition

Last month Central Florida-based Details Flowers was named the winner of the 2016 Rollins Crummer Venture Plan Competition, taking home $25,000-plus in startup funding and edging out three other teams in the final round on March 24 at Canvs in Winter Park. Details Flowers’ patent-pending customer relationship management software is a major disruptor for the industry, empowering florists to be 60 times more productive and complete projects in just 20 minutes that once took 20 hours, including delivering proposals, receiving payments and ordering flowers.