Sarasota, Manatee tourism hits the road

Gabriel Vest, with Grapevine Communication, with Jacqueline Mazur and Charlotte Griffin, both of Berlin Patten Ebling

Stacy Morgan, of Gator Air Conditioning and Plumbing, with Susie Kruse, of Gateway Bank

Kathy Herbst, of Residual Success, with James Abelson, with RTI Insurance

Chris Romine and Lisa Mead, with Northern Trust

Kerry Conboy, of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Bonnie Jones, with USF Sarasota-Manatee

Dave Minton, of One Sarasota Realty Group, and with John Bradshaw, of Lyteworks

DJ Lambert with Kobernick-Anchin Benderson and Jim Ryan, of Decision Associates

Dimitrios Vafeas, of Northern Trust, with Kelly Olivieri Gilliland, of Horizon Mortgage Corp.

Sevim Schennum and Liliya Sablukova, both Lakewood Ranch residents, came out to hear what was going on.

Manatee County Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Elliott Falcione speaks.