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the Observer Media Group; Douglas Grosso, broker associate at Premier Sotheby's International Realty; Gregory Hall, president of Hall Architects; Dean Harloff, owner of Dean R. Harloff CPA/PA; Michael Harshman, attorney with Betras, Kopp & Harshman; Dave Herbert, chief engineer with Sun Hydraulics; Austin Jambor, financial advisor with Morgan Stanley; Perry Korszen, finan- cial advisor with Raymond James; Christine Lange, special assistant to the president for media and community relations at the Ringling College of Art and Design; Nicole Lee, individual gifts manager for the Sarasota Orchestra; Lisl Liang, president and CEO of SRQ Media Group; Jeff Maultsby, director of business and economic development for Sarasota County; Anand Pallegar, founder and CEO of atLarge Inc.; Stacy Prouty, chief operating officer of the Institute for the Ages; Jamie Ruetz, client manager/sales manager for Silexx Financial Systems; Jennifer Rust, vice president/relationship manager for PNC Wealth Management; Mimi Steger, owner/pro- gram director of North Port Taekwondo; Tony Stopperan, special projects assistant to the president at the Ringling College of Art and Design; Sarah Wertheimer, associate execu- tive director of Embracing Our Differences; and Michael Williams, owner of ClikWiz. This was the seventh class of the Gulf Coast Leadership Institute, the release points out. Through this program and its prede- cessor, the North Port Leadership Institute, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation has trained 225 community leaders since 2006, the release adds. % The playground at Bayfront Park, located adjacent to the Steigerwaldt-Jockey Children's Fountain, is open to the public once again, the City of Sarasota has announced. The playground was closed in March for public safety reasons after a regular inspection revealed corrosion on the equipment, a news release notes. Because the equipment is 15 years old, the repairs required specialty parts to be manufactured and installed, the release adds. Photo by Norman Schimmel BAYFRONT PARK PLAYGROUND REOPENS Sarasota News Leader August 1, 2014 Page 88