Visit Sarasota County Named a Top Government Team by Statewide PR Association

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All eyes were on the 941 as Visit Sarasota County was honored with five awards at the 68th Annual Golden Image & Pinnacle Awards Gala, hosted by the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA). Recognized as the hallmark of excellence in public relations and communications, the Golden Image Awards and Pinnacle Awards celebrate outstanding strategy, innovation, and results on a state level. In the Public Relations Division, Visit Sarasota earned top honors – a Golden Image Award and Judges’ Award – for its crisis communications campaign #SupportThe941 assisting in community economic recovery following Hurricane Milton. Visit Sarasota also won an Award of Distinction for its special event, the Indicators & Insights Summit, which returns this Fall on November 18. The tourism bureau also took home a Silver Pinnacle Award for Government Team of the Year and its Director of Community Relations & Partnership, Hunter Carpenter, APR, was named the statewide PR association’s inaugural Young Professional of the Year. 

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