As the proprietor of Mise en Place restaurant, the Sono Café at Tampa Museum of Art, and now First Flight, the wine bar at Tampa International airport, Maryann Ferenc is a busy woman. Add the fact that she serves on a slew of different boards having to do with tourism, and oh yes, she's also on the host committee for this summer's Republican National Convention, and well, you get the idea.
Last week CL's Kate Feldman reported that several local businesses, all part of the RNC's Small Business Network, have complained that they're seeing no action businesswise, some 80 days before the big event hits the Cigar City. But Matt Becker with the RNC's Committee on Arrangements says it's up to those businesses to get their act together.
Ferenc understands the complaints — up to a point — as she told CL recently.
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.