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support, they want to do good, they want to do more
than come to work and punch a time sheet. They
want to feel like they’re contributing to the world
and to society in a greater way,” he says of such a
company’s employees. “And if you can find that
passion point for your business,” he adds, “I think
you’ll be absolutely amazed at the support energy
that will bring to the organization and the amount of
productivity you get out of it.”
That energy has carried Costa del Mar a long
way from a small group of fishermen searching for
the right sunglasses to a community of like-minded
individuals creating an ocean of change. For Costa,
adhering to their foundational philosophy has proven
key to their success, and perhaps their approach has
endured because it was sustainable from the start.
Costa Beach Cleanup
McMeniman insists that the expansion won’t change Costa’s
roots. “Florida is our home,” he says. “We have no interest in
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freelance writer. She earned a BA in Film & Video
and an MFA in Creative Writing: Fiction.
moving.” And he encourages interested area businesses to find
their own intersections between what their business does and what
they believe is the greater good, and to follow it. “People want to
KAREN SKYERS, ESQ.
DIRECTOR, STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
AFFAIRS OF STATE
Cable television companies have come a long way since
the 1970s when many of us began to participate in the
rapid evolution of television. Today, as the Director of
State Government Affairs for Charter Communications,
Karen Skyers maintains a constant watch on legislation
and committee work in Tallahassee and with good reason.
Virtually every move her company (and its competitors)
make involves government at some level. That awareness is
vital to Charter Communications, and it is helpful to Team
Volusia Economic Development Corporation, of which Karen
is a Board Level Investor.
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