Lakeside Medical Centers to Receive the 2011 Companies to Watch Award
Lakeside Medical Centers has been recognized as a recipient of the 2011 Florida Companies to WatchSM award, an honor presented by GrowFL, the Florida Economic Gardening Institute at the University of Central Florida and ACG Florida, in association with the Edward Lowe Foundation.
Largo (PRWEB) January 12, 2011
Lakeside Medical Centers (http://www. LakesideMedicalCenters. com) has been recognized as a recipient of the 2011 Florida Companies to WatchSM award, an honor presented by GrowFL, the Florida Economic Gardening Institute at the University of Central Florida and ACG Florida, in association with the Edward Lowe Foundation.
Lakeside will be one of fifty companies from across the state of Florida to receive their award at an awards gala on Thursday, February 17 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Lakeside Medical Centers is the only company in the health care provider space to be honored.
"We will be pleased to see Dr. Johnson, Lakeside's founder and medical director, receive this award on behalf of the company that he started over thirty years ago", said Fred Nussbaum, Lakeside CEO. "For many years, Dr. Johnson has provided an exceptional service for employers in our region while at the same time, providing employment and training for many clinical specialists including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, X-Ray Techs and Medical Assistants. It is nice to see this being recognized like this", Nussbaum added.
Florida Companies to Watch is an awards program that celebrates a wide range of privately held second-stage companies headquartered in the state. Awardees are selected for demonstrating the intent and capacity to grow based on employee or sales growth, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitive advantage or other notable strengths.
About Lakeside Medical Centers
Lakeside's first clinic opened in 1978 in Pinellas County. Since then our mission has been to provide quality medical care to employers and their employees in a cost conscious and efficient manner. For over thirty years, Lakeside has been recognized for its exceptional occupational health services. Lakeside operates a total of sixteen clinics: four clinics in Pinellas; five clinics in Hillsborough; five clinics in Orange; and two clinics in Polk Counties.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www. betteroccmed. com or call us at (727) 586-0138.
About second-stage businesses and Florida Companies to Watch
Florida Companies to Watch is unique because of its focus on second-stage companies and the wide-ranging industries they represent. The impact of these companies on Florida's economy is immense, and this year's honorees are examples of such companies in the state. During 2006-2008, Florida's resident companies averaged more than 111,000 second-stage establishments according to YourEconomy. org, an online resource of the Edward Lowe Foundation. Those second-stage companies employed more than two million workers. Looking at the contributions of these companies, only 6 percent of Florida's resident establishments were in the second-stage category, however, they generated more than 31 percent of net new jobs in the state.
For more information: http://www. Florida. CompaniesToWatch. org
About GrowFL and the Florida Economic Gardening Institute
GrowFL is the official Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Pilot Program funded by the State of Florida and a program of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute. Created in 2009 to stimulate investment in Florida's economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses in the state, the Florida Economic Gardening Institute is headquartered at the University of Central Florida under contract with the State of Florida's Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development under the Executive Office of the Governor. Additional information is available at http://www. GrowFL. com.
About ACG Florida
ACG Florida is a statewide collaboration of the four Florida chapters of the Association for Corporate Growth - Orlando, North Florida, South Florida and Tampa Bay. ACG is the global community for middle market M&A dealmakers and business leaders focused on driving growth. ACG members have access to data, content and networking to access capital, make deals and drive corporate growth. Founded in 1954, ACG has grown to more than 13,000 members organized in 55 chapters throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www. acg. org/florida
About the Edward Lowe Foundation
The Edward Lowe Foundation inspired the creation of the Companies to Watch program to celebrate second-stage entrepreneurs and their companies. Established in 1985, the Edward Lowe Foundation is a Michigan-based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurship through recognition, education and research with a focus on second-stage companies--those that have moved beyond the startup phase and seek significant, steady growth. The foundation also encourages economic gardening, an entrepreneur-centered strategy providing balance to the traditional approach of business recruitment. For information about the Edward Lowe Foundation, visit http://www. EdwardLowe. org.
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