∎ PGT Innovations, a leading manufacturer of premium windows, doors and garage doors, was recently named on Forbes’ 2023 list of Best Small Companies for the third year in a row.

The complete list includes 100 U.S. companies across a number of industry categories. This year, PGT Innovations improved its ranking by a 32 spots, moving from No. 79 in 2022 to No. 47. The manufacturing leader was one of nine firms in the construction classification.

To produce its ranking of America’s 100 Best Small Companies, Forbes used data from FactSet to screen more than 1,000 companies with a market value between $300 million and $2 billion to find 541 companies that also had positive sales growth over the past 12 months and a share price of at least $5.

Financial institutions, REITs, utilities, royalty trusts and limited partnerships were excluded, as were companies that have been public for less than one year. The top 100 ranking was based on earnings growth, sales growth, return on equity and total stock return for the latest 12 months available and over the last five years.

PGT Innovations, of Venice, employs approximately 5,500 across the U.S., operates 10 manufacturing facilities and a glass processing plant, and produces hundreds of products that unify indoor and outdoor living spaces.

∎ The Central West Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association will present “Community Journalism, Community Catalyst: West Coast Woman Celebration” on March 15, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Benderson Family Finish Tower on Regatta Island at Nathan Benderson Park.

The program will be an interactive discussion with Louise Bruderle, publisher of West Coast Woman. Bruderle will share her decades of experience keeping a community newspaper thriving in an ever-changing media landscape.

The event is open to members and guests. The park is at 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota.

Tickets are $25 for members, $30 for future members, including lunch. To register, visit cwcfpra.com/events.

∎ The Medical Surgical and Surgical Services nursing units at HCA Florida Englewood Hospital have been honored as 2022 HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction Award winners, placing them in the top 5% of the organization’s nursing units in their category.

Winners were announced at the annual program awards ceremony in Nashville on March 7.The Unit of Distinction designation is achieved through measurable, exemplary performance in the strategic areas of advocacy and leadership, consistency in nursing practice and operations and leveraging scale to improve patient care.Units of Distinction are categorized in the top 5% of all HCA Healthcare nursing units and selected based on medical specialty, including medical surgical, critical care, emergency services, surgical services, behavioral health, women’s and children’s nursing units, pediatrics/PICU and inpatient rehabilitation units.

∎ March 2023 is the inaugural National Home Watch Month, established by the National Home Watch Association to raise awareness of the home watch industry.

Cover Your Assets Home Watch, of North Port, is celebrating National Home Watch Month. The business is owned by Missy Ordiway and Will Tanguay.

Home watch is a risk mitigation service that visits the homes of snowbirds and business travelers while they are away, performing checks that may catch minor issues before they turn into major problems, by communicating with the homeowner in real time.

∎ Palm Parking, of Sarasota, has taken over management of the parking lot on Main Street just west of Orange Avenue, effective March 1. Feedback from clients spurred the change in management.

Randy Miller, managing partner of Palm Parking, says users will enjoy the convenience of paying by phone using a QR code or paying by text. In addition, customers will receive a courtesy text 10 minutes prior to time expiration.

∎ HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital was recently recognized by the American Heart Association for its impressive track record of treating stroke patients. The hospital has earned the Gold Plus achievement in Get with the Guidelines for stroke for more than 10 years consecutively.

As a primary stroke center, the hospital has achieved high marks for quality and good patient outcomes.

Heart disease and stroke are the first and fifth leading causes of death in the United States, respectively. Doctors Hospital is one of only 29 hospitals in the state to achieve this AHA recognition. The hospital was listed in the association’s U.S. News & World Report special edition for this milestone: https://usnewsbrandfuse.com/AmericanHeartAssociation/.

This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: PGT No. 47 of best 100 companies, West Coast Woman publisher to speak