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PSTA can help businesses with parking crunch

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 30, 2008


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COUNTYWIDE

Is your company or employer running out of parking space? If so, call the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority for help. PSTA has convenient bus service along the county's busiest corridors and industrial areas. A representative can come to your site and explain what's available. Call (727) 540-1818.

ST. PETERSBURG

Hearing health business expands

Sound Advice Hearing Solutions has expanded its hearing health care practice to a larger space at 3173 Fourth St. N. Owners Audrey and Don Hawley have had their business in the city since 1974 but now have more than 2,000 square feet of high-tech space, including four "Spatial Sound Suites" equipped with diagnostic, programming and demonstration technology. For more information, visit soundadviceflorida.com or call 822-2132.

ST. PETERSBURG

Downtown hotel celebrates five years

The Hampton Inn & Suites downtown celebrated its fifth anniversary last month. The hotel has offered leisure and business guests luxury accommodations and has been the hotel of choice for presidential candidates, Grand Prix race drivers and baseball teams visiting Tropicana Field. General Manager Karl Johhansson, who has been with the property since it opened, said its proximity to the Pier, BayWalk, Salvador Dali Museum and other city attractions has made staying downtown at the Hampton Inn & Suites St. Petersburg advantageous for many. The hotel also recently received the state's Green Lodging designation. For more information, visit charteronehotels.com.

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