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Steve Glaros Named 2026 Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough

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Glaros Law attorney Steve Glaros was named the 2026 Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough following a record fundraising campaign. His campaign raised $121,746.56 for three local organizations. Glaros Law attorney raised $121,746.56 for three local organizations during the annual community fundraising campaign.

Brandon, Florida, United States, 26th Sep 2026 –  The Law Offices of Steven J. Glaros and Associates is announcing that attorney Steve Glaros was named the 2026 Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough following the annual charitable fundraising campaign organized through the Valrico FishHawk Chamber of Commerce. Glaros raised $121,746.56 during the 2026 campaign, with funds benefiting High 5 Inc., Impact Program Inc., and Raining Cats and Dogs Shelter and Sanctuary. The campaign concluded in July, with the results recognizing Glaros as the 20th Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough.

Steve Glaros Named 2026 Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough

Annual Honorary Mayor Race Supports Local Charitable Organizations

The Valrico FishHawk Chamber of Commerce 2026 Honorary Mayor’s Race is a nonpolitical community fundraising initiative rather than an elected government office. Candidates participate in a monthlong campaign and select local nonprofit organizations to benefit from funds generated through campaign activities. The candidate raising the highest amount receives the Honorary Mayor title, connecting the annual program with charitable organizations serving residents and families throughout the East Hillsborough area.

Glaros participated in the 2026 campaign through a series of fundraising activities held during June. His campaign generated $121,746.56, setting a new individual fundraising record for the annual program. The proceeds were designated for High 5 Inc., Impact Program Inc., and Raining Cats and Dogs Shelter and Sanctuary, three organizations serving different needs within the surrounding community.

2026 Campaign Reaches Record Combined Fundraising Total

The 2026 Honorary Mayor race generated a combined $169,643.99 for local charitable organizations. Glaros participated alongside Chris Ciulla, whose campaign raised $47,897.43 for Forgotten Angels and ECHO. Ciulla was subsequently recognized as the program’s first Deputy Mayor, adding a new designation to the annual campaign while recognizing the fundraising accomplished by both participants.

The combined total represented a record for the Honorary Mayor program and distributed support among five charitable organizations. The campaign included multiple community fundraising events during June before the final results were announced at the program’s wrap-up gathering on July 13, 2026. Additional information about the results and participating organizations was reported in the Osprey Observer’s coverage of the record-setting Honorary Mayor campaign.

Glaros Campaign Benefits Three East Hillsborough Area Organizations

Funds raised through the Glaros campaign were directed to High 5 Inc., Impact Program Inc., and Raining Cats and Dogs Shelter and Sanctuary. The selection of three beneficiaries allowed the campaign to direct funding toward organizations working in different areas of community service while connecting the annual Honorary Mayor program with causes operating throughout the surrounding area.

Fundraising activities conducted throughout the campaign contributed to the final $121,746.56 total and ultimately resulted in Glaros receiving the 2026 Honorary Mayor designation. The campaign also contributed substantially to the overall record amount raised by the two participating candidates during the 2026 program.

Steve Glaros Becomes 20th Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough

The conclusion of the 2026 campaign marked the selection of the 20th person to hold the Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough title. Glaros received the designation after the final fundraising totals were calculated, continuing a community tradition centered on charitable fundraising rather than governmental responsibilities or political office. Glaros Law has also published additional information about Steve Glaros being named the 2026 Honorary Mayor of East Hillsborough, including details about the campaign, participating organizations and the record fundraising total.

The 2026 results also marked a significant year for the program through the record combined fundraising total and the introduction of the Deputy Mayor designation. With $169,643.99 raised between the two campaigns, the annual program directed funding to five organizations serving East Hillsborough and surrounding communities.

Glaros Law Maintains Ties to Brandon and the Tampa Bay Area

The Law Offices of Steven J. Glaros and Associates maintains a Brandon law office serving eastern Hillsborough County and surrounding communities including Riverview, Valrico, Seffner, Bloomingdale, Lithia, FishHawk Ranch, Dover and Plant City. The firm’s legal services include family law, personal injury, estate planning and other civil legal matters.

The firm’s practice includes representation in family law matters involving divorce, child custody, child support, paternity and related family issues, as well as personal injury matters and estate planning. The firm’s involvement in the 2026 Honorary Mayor campaign occurred alongside its continuing legal practice throughout Brandon and the greater Tampa Bay area.

The 2026 Honorary Mayor campaign concluded with Glaros receiving the annual title following his $121,746.56 fundraising total. The funds generated through his campaign will benefit the three designated charitable organizations, while the overall race concluded with $169,643.99 raised for five organizations through the combined efforts of the two participating campaigns.

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Lovering & Partners adds AI role-play for leadership, sales and influence skills with LeaderCoreAI

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The Bucharest performance consultancy becomes an authorised LeaderCoreAI partner and reseller for Romania and Central and Eastern Europe

Romania, 10th Oct 2026 – Lovering & Partners, the Bucharest-based business, sales and people performance consultancy, now offers AI role-play for leadership, sales and influence skills through a partnership with Blue Horizon Training, the maker and owner of LeaderCoreAI. Lovering & Partners becomes an authorised LeaderCoreAI partner and reseller for Romania and the wider Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region.

AI role-play simulations for difficult conversations

LeaderCoreAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) simulation platform for leadership development. Participants hold spoken, realistic conversations with AI characters – a resistant team member, a sceptical client, a room of peer managers with competing agendas. Each session ends with scored feedback and concrete recommendations.

Lovering & Partners will embed the platform into three of its own areas of work: leadership coaching and its acceleration programme for emerging leaders and managers, consultative sales training, and its ethical influence programmes. Between workshops and coaching sessions, participants practise the conversations those programmes prepare them for. They can repeat a conversation as often as they want, at five levels of difficulty.

Why practice decides whether training sticks

Pilots train to excellence in flight simulators before they carry passengers. Managers rarely get that chance. Role-play with colleagues offers a few attempts, limited by time and by the discomfort of practising in front of people they work with. So the first real test of a new skill usually comes in a real conversation, with a real person. The partnership brings the simulator into Lovering & Partners’ programmes.

“A workshop gives people the method. It does not give them the repetitions to build new capabilities,” said Colin Lovering, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lovering & Partners. “Every client asks us the same question: will this training build skills that stick? No trainer can honestly guarantee that. Under pressure, people fall back on old instincts unless the new behaviour has been practised until it becomes the instinct. Now our clients’ people can get that practice, as much as they need.” 

“We build the practice ground,” said Frank Basinski, founder of Blue Horizon Training. “We rely on partners who know how to develop people. Colin and his team have spent years doing that work with organisations in Romania and across the region. That is why we wanted them as a partner.”

How a learner experiences an AI role-play session

For the learner, a session feels like the real conversation. They speak, and the characters answer back, disagree and react to how they are treated. Nobody is watching, so people try approaches they would perhaps not dare with a real colleague. The feedback afterwards is theirs alone: what worked, what did not, and what to try next time. Participants can practise in 42 languages, so Lovering & Partners can offer the platform to multinational clients across the region.

Availability

LeaderCoreAI is available through Lovering & Partners with immediate effect, as part of its programmes or alongside them.

About Lovering & Partners

Lovering & Partners is a business, sales and people performance consultancy based in Bucharest, Romania. The firm helps organisations achieve strategic growth in those three areas. Every engagement is tailored to the client and measured by the outcome it delivers. Lovering & Partners is a founding member of the Cialdini Institute and works in English and Romanian. It is a trading name of Achieve International S.R.L. www.loveringpartners.com

About LeaderCoreAI and Blue Horizon Training

LeaderCoreAI is an AI role-play and simulation platform for leadership, sales and influence skills, made and owned by Blue Horizon Training S.R.L. of Bucharest, Romania. Leaders practise difficult conversations with AI characters in 42 languages and receive scored feedback after every session. LeaderCoreAI is sold through authorised partners who embed it into their own development programmes. Blue Horizon Training has designed and run leadership development programmes since 2020. leadercore.ai

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Arthur Murray Dance Studio Makes Learning to Dance Accessible to Everyone

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Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland welcomes singles and couples with beginner-friendly dance lessons designed to build practical skills, confidence, and enjoyment.

PARKLAND, FL– Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland is making Ballroom Dance Lessons Parkland, FL more accessible to singles and couples by providing a welcoming environment where students can learn regardless of previous experience or whether they have a dance partner. The studio encourages people who have always wanted to dance but may have felt hesitant about getting started to discover an approachable way to learn. 

Instruction helps students gradually build practical skills, confidence, and comfort on the dance floor. By welcoming people with different goals and experience levels, the studio aims to make dancing an enjoyable activity that more members of the Parkland community can explore.

No Dance Partner Is Required to Get Started

One concern prospective students often have is whether they need to bring a partner to dance lessons. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland welcomes individuals and couples, so people can begin learning even if they don’t have someone available to attend lessons with them. Students can work with instructors to learn timing, movement, leading, following, and other fundamentals of partner dancing. This gives individuals the opportunity to begin their dance journey without waiting to find a partner.

Couples are equally welcome when they want to learn a shared skill, spend time together, or prepare for an upcoming occasion. Instruction can be adapted to each student’s experience, interests, and reasons for learning rather than expecting everyone to progress in exactly the same way. Singles and couples can develop skills for weddings, parties, date nights, vacations, and other social occasions where dancing may be part of the experience. The focus is on helping students make steady progress while enjoying the learning process.

Beginners Can Build Dance Skills One Step at a Time

Starting a new activity can feel intimidating, especially when it involves moving in front of other people. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland works with beginners by introducing dance skills progressively and building from manageable fundamentals. Students can build rhythm, footwork, posture, partner connection, and basic patterns before moving on to more detailed techniques. This structured approach can make ballroom and social dancing easier to understand for people starting with little or no previous experience.

Students also arrive with different goals, so their learning experiences don’t have to look identical. One person may want enough confidence to participate at social events, while another may want to learn several ballroom or Latin dance styles. Others may simply want an enjoyable activity that combines movement, social interaction, and the challenge of developing a new skill. Instructors can use those individual goals to help shape how each student progresses.

Private Dance Lessons Provide Personalized Attention

Students who want focused instruction can explore private dance lessons Parkland, FL designed around their individual abilities and objectives. Private lessons let instructors observe movement closely, answer questions, and spend extra time on skills that may require more practice. Students can work on timing, technique, patterns, leading, following, or overall confidence at a pace appropriate for their current level. The personalized setting can benefit complete beginners and dancers who want to refine skills they already have.

Individual instruction can also change as a student’s interests and abilities develop. Someone who initially wants to feel more comfortable at a party may later decide to explore additional ballroom or social dance styles. Another student may have a particular event approaching and want to concentrate on the movements most useful for that occasion. This flexibility keeps lessons connected to what each person wants to achieve, rather than placing every student on the same learning path.

Wedding Dance Lessons Help Couples Prepare Together

Weddings are one of the occasions that inspire many people to enter a dance studio for the first time. Couples interested in wedding dance lessons Parkland, FL can receive instruction based on their selected song, previous experience, preparation time, and vision for their first dance. Some couples want something simple and natural, while others may prefer turns, transitions, or more detailed choreography. Lessons can be adapted so the final dance reflects the couple’s comfort level and the atmosphere they want to create.

Preparing together can help couples become more comfortable moving as partners before their wedding day arrives. Lessons may focus on timing, leading, following, partner connection, and movements that work naturally with the selected music. Repeated practice can make the dance more familiar so couples can spend less time worrying about the next step during their reception. The skills they develop may also be useful at future weddings, celebrations, and other occasions where they can dance together.

An Inclusive Community Makes Dancing More Approachable

Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland aims to create an environment where students from different backgrounds and experience levels can feel comfortable learning. For beginners, being around other people who are developing their own skills can make the process feel less intimidating. Students can discover that ballroom dancing is not limited to experienced performers or people who already consider themselves naturally coordinated. Instead, it can become an enjoyable social and recreational activity developed through instruction, practice, and continued participation.

“We want people to know that they do not need previous experience or even a dance partner to begin,” said Luci, contact person for Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland. “Our goal is to give each student a welcoming place to learn at a comfortable pace, develop useful dance skills, and build the confidence to enjoy dancing when opportunities come along.” This inclusive approach lets students focus on their goals instead of worrying about what they think they should already know. It also gives people who have previously felt unsure about taking dance lessons a more comfortable way to get started.

Dance Skills Can Add More Enjoyment to Social Experiences

Learning to dance can provide value beyond time spent in the studio. Students may use their skills at weddings, parties, vacations, date nights, community gatherings, and other occasions where music and dancing are part of the experience. Greater familiarity with basic movement and partner dancing can make those situations feel more inviting and less intimidating. For some students, dancing may also become a long-term recreational interest and a way to connect with others.

Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland serves students throughout Parkland, FL, who have many different reasons for wanting to learn. Some are preparing for an important event, while others want to try something new, spend meaningful time with a partner, or become more comfortable socially. The studio’s approach lets those motivations guide the learning experience while giving students room to develop at their own pace. As their abilities grow, students can continue exploring different dances, developing techniques, and setting new goals.

Start Your Dance Journey in Parkland

Prospective students don’t need to wait until they have a partner, a special event, or previous dance experience to take their first lesson. Getting started can be as simple as discussing personal goals with an instructor and learning foundational movements that provide a starting point for continued instruction. Students can then explore lessons that match their interests while gradually building their skills through instruction and practice. Both singles and couples are welcome to begin at a level that matches their current experience.

To learn more or get started, visit https://arthurmurrayparkland.com/ or call (954) 300-6068. Prospective students can contact the studio about ballroom and social dancing, private instruction, wedding preparation, and beginner-friendly learning options. Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland welcomes people preparing for a particular occasion as well as those who simply want to discover the enjoyment of dancing. The studio offers an approachable starting point for anyone interested in building practical skills and confidence on the dance floor.

About Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland

Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland is an independently owned and operated Arthur Murray franchised dance studio serving singles and couples in the Parkland community. Arthur Murray franchise owners progress through multiple areas of studio operations, helping maintain a teaching-focused culture throughout the studio system. The Parkland studio welcomes students with different experience levels and works with them toward individual dancing goals. Instruction is available for social dancing, weddings, recreation, and anyone who wants to feel more comfortable and confident on the dance floor.

Singles and couples ready to begin their dance journey can contact Arthur Murray Dance Studio Parkland to explore Dance Lessons Parkland, FL.

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ChannelLetter.com Opens Factory-Direct Wholesale Channel Letters to Sign Shops With No Minimum Order

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Trade pricing starts at a single set, with UL-certified, pre-wired letters and free shipping nationwide, including direct to job sites

LEXINGTON, Ky.,October 10,2026 – ChannelLetter.com, a manufacturer of custom channel letters and illuminated signage, today announced that its factory-direct wholesale program is open to sign shops, brokers, and resellers with no minimum order. Any business in the sign trade can now order a single set of channel letters at trade pricing, with sharper terms available to volume buyers and repeat accounts.

Building channel letters in-house is expensive for most sign shops. It requires a channel letter bender, a router, trim cap and LED inventory, and a skilled fabricator on staff. For shops that mainly handle surveys, permits, and installations, buying wholesale from a dedicated manufacturer is often the more practical choice. ChannelLetter.com builds each set to specification in its own facility, wires and tests it, and ships it to the shop or directly to the job site at no shipping cost.

“Sign shops should not need to buy equipment or hire a fabricator to say yes to a channel letter job,” said Nischal Pradhan of ChannelLetter.com. “We build the letters, test them, and ship them. The shop quotes the job, installs it, and keeps the margin. Opening our wholesale pricing to a single set means a shop can try us on one project before committing to more.”

Savings for sign shops

ChannelLetter.com reports that sign shops typically save 30 to 40 percent compared with sourcing from local fabricators. As an example, a typical storefront set that retails for around $3,000 through the traditional supply chain runs roughly $1,500 to $1,800 factory-direct. Final pricing depends on overall size, number of letters, lighting style, and mounting method, whether flush, raceway, or backer panel. Customers can upload artwork or a photo of the storefront through the company’s quote form, or build the sign visually in its online sign designer, and receive a firm wholesale price, usually the same business day.

Built for installers

Every illuminated set is UL certified, with UL-listed LED modules and power supplies, so inspectors see the listing mark and permit approval is smoother. Sets carry a 2-year warranty on LEDs and power supplies, which shops can pass along to their own customers. Each order arrives pre-wired, pre-tested, and labeled, with a full-size 1:1 mounting pattern, wiring diagram, and mounting hardware matched to the wall type or raceway. Fabricated letters use metal returns and backs with UV-stable acrylic faces and trim cap. Every sign is inspected before it leaves the facility. If anything is damaged in transit, the company replaces it at no extra charge.

Wholesale ordering process

The process has five steps: request a quote, receive a firm wholesale price, approve the production proof, wait while the letters are fabricated and tested, then receive the crated shipment. Orders are delivered in 15 business days. ChannelLetter.com ships free to all 50 states and can deliver directly to the job site with no branding that identifies it as the manufacturer. The company also matches brand colors to a customer’s specified paint, vinyl, or acrylic reference as closely as the selected material allows.

Full product range

The wholesale program covers face-lit, reverse-lit (halo), combo-lit, and RGB channel letters, along with lightbox and cabinet signs and non-illuminated metal letters. This allows shops to source most of an exterior sign package from one manufacturer.

Who the program serves

The program is designed for sign shops that install but do not fabricate, or whose fabrication queue is backed up, and for sign brokers and project managers running multi-location rollouts who want one manufacturer instead of many local vendors. It also serves print and graphics shops expanding into dimensional and illuminated signage, and general contractors responsible for tenant signage. About half of ChannelLetter.com’s production already runs through sign shops and resellers, and some customers order monthly. The company does not contact or market to its trade customers’ end clients.

Sign professionals can request a wholesale quote or start a design at https://www.channelletter.com/wholesale-channel-letters/.

About ChannelLetter.com

ChannelLetter.com manufactures custom channel letters and illuminated signage for sign shops, resellers, and businesses across the United States. Its product line includes face-lit, back-lit, front-and-back-lit, and RGB LED channel letters, lightbox signs, and metal letters. Learn more at https://www.channelletter.com.

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