2018 was a year of enormous growth for us at GLE. We added 19 new team members and added 332 new clients in addition to our existing client base. At the same time, we continued our commitment to provide you with timely, useful information and news on topics that are important to you through our…
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa region ranks last or second-to-last on all six measures that the federal government uses to rank public transit coverage and usage. For people who live here, it’s no surprise to learn that Tampa’s transportation options, by all objective measures, stink. Rush hour regularly features bumper to bumper…
A proposed passenger rail line between Tampa Bay and Orlando would provide a fast, comfortable option for travel between the two cities, and has cleared several initial hurdles toward becoming a reality as early as 2021. The proposed project, which is privately funded, would impact commuters, vacation travelers, and others who travel between the cities….
When Danielle Anderson’s children came home from school soaked in sweat from the heat in their classrooms, she was appalled. But it kept happening, day after day. “If I did that and my kids didn’t have A/C, I’d be in trouble,” Anderson told Spectrum News 9. “So I don’t understand why it’s okay for the…
Most parents want to know that their children are not being poisoned at school. Yet fears that it may happen are rising as news reports uncover new instances of previously undetected lead in school water, and dangerous levels of radon in school classrooms. Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer, according to the…
Hurricane Florence ripped through the Carolinas in September, followed shortly thereafter by Hurricane Michael in Florida. Both caused substantial devastation, in different ways. Shortly after each hurricane passed, we at GLE had teams on the ground helping to mitigate the storm damage and get property owners back into their properties as quickly as possible. Now…
Originally touted as one of the most dangerous storms to ever threaten the Carolinas, Hurricane Florence failed to deliver the Category 4 winds that were originally expected, but that doesn’t make her devastation any less real or extreme. Across the Carolinas, Florida, and Virginia, she caused a confirmed 53 deaths, and about $38 billion worth…
Unless you were in the direct path of September’s Hurricane Florence, you probably have no idea just how bad it was. In early September, Florence was expected to hit the coast of the Carolinas with the strength of a Category 4 hurricane. But by the time it made landfall, it had downgraded to Category 1,…
OSHA requires employers to maintain a written hazard communication plan that effectively protects workers from potentially harmful chemical exposure in the workplace. On the surface, the requirement sounds simple, yet failure to meet this requirement is the second most commonly cited OSHA violation. Here’s what you need to know to ensure you comply with this…
If you pay attention to the news, you may have heard that the current United States administration is planning to roll back regulations intended to protect our waterways from pollution. The news has created a great deal of controversy and spread through both legitimate and less trustworthy news sources, as well as across social media….
