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Concertmaster of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra and Freelance Violinist Any certification/training necessary? Countless hours of training in violin technique and playing music with others What inspired you to go into this field? My parents are musicians and I grew up…
NAME: Jim Platman TITLE: Sr. Community Relations Manager, Bright House Networks, Brevard County MARRIED: Yes, for 2 ½ years CHILDREN: 1 son, David, who lives in Palm Bay YEARS IN BREVARD: 41 years. When I started in the cable industry, Brevard had a 12-channel system…
Don Facciobene, Inc. Celebrates 25 Years His construction signs dot the landscape from Harris Corp. to Florida Tech and extending out to Kennedy Space Center. For the last 25 years, taking care of customers, a meticulous attention to detail and…
Though it is located in Cocoa Beach, the name Cape Canaveral Hospital (CCH) highlights the industry and the endeavor that would also name this stretch of Florida’s beach the Space Coast. Dr. Joseph Von Thron was the driving force behind the conception,…
Business continues to be a family affair at A & E Auto and Pleasure Craft Upholstery in Melbourne, founded by the late Lou Hays, father of current owner Don Hays, now 66. While comfortable in the shop they built and…
A mid-life career change for Dale Dettmer, 67, has made for one of the longest running law firms on the Space Coast, now called The Krasny Dettmer Law Firm, located in Melbourne. “I was an engineer who went to law school….
While technically not in continuous operation in Brevard for 50 years, Charles R. “Bud” Stack was raised in Melbourne and moved the firm from Miami to offices built on the actual downtown lot on Strawbridge Avenue where he lived growing…
The People Who Walk the Talk In 1953, reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station to meet the previous year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. When the train came to a stop, a giant of a man, with…
Established in 1962 by pharmacist George Browning, Browning’s Pharmacy and Health Care Inc. is now owned by his CPA daughter, Colleen Hunter. “I was always into math in high school so I became a CPA. I never even thought about…
The National Veterans Homeless Support, Inc. (NVHS) was founded by veteran George Taylor, himself once homeless, to locate and assist the more than 4,500 homeless veterans living in the parks, forests, and streets of Central Florida. There are 485 homeless…
