| Sarasota Herald-Tribune | ||
| Henry Rodriguez Casey Key Retreat For SaleThe enormous free-form, rock-rimmed, disappearing-edge swimming pool features a bougainvillea capped waterfall (there is a nice view of it from the second-floor master bath walk-in shower, too), grotto, concealed water slide, and man-made sandy beach under palm trees. “I like to say it’s the only beach in Sarasota that doesn’t have erosion problems,” said Henry, who had the resort pool area constructed for his two young sons. |
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| Hidden gem: New Holiday Inn has bold designAlthough the hotel caters to business clients on weekdays, it will attract the weekend traveler, even on rainy days, with an indoor spa, massage room, sauna and pool with whirlpool tub. The Holiday Inn Sarasota/Bradenton Airport is a LEED certified building also. |
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| For Elite Weiler Pools, the water’s greatThe company has become a favorite of home builders, so business is booming.
John Kennedy, president of Elite Weiler Pools, gets his feet wet Monday morning in a water park his company built at the amenity center of the Grayhawk Landing development in East Manatee County. Elite Weiler has hitched itself firmly to the building boom in Southwest Florida.
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| Pool & Spa News | ||
| Solar 101: Grasping the BasicsIn years past, when John Kennedy sold solar pool heating systems, he often would team up with a local installation company. Back then, the owner of Elite-Weiler Pools, a Pool & Spa News Top Builder in Sarasota, Fla., simply consulted a price list, put together a package, and then sent a purchase order to his solar partner. Today, Kennedy is a certified solar contractor and his wife Monica Kennedy owns and operates Elite Solar Services. The classification allows him to install solar electric (photovoltaic) pool heating systems, as well as solar domestic and commercial hot water units.
“In Florida, it gives you an 11-month-a-year swim season,” he says of the typically roof-mounted pool heating devices. “Plus it saves the consumer money, and it’s good for the environment. There are a number of applications for it — it’s just a matter of getting it explained and finding the space.” |
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| Gulf Coast Business Review | ||
| Gulf Coast 500: Shallow WatersKennedy moved to Florida in 1984 and launched Elite-Weiler Pools in Sarasota. After a few years of sun, Kennedy asked Krawczyk to join him in Florida in the pool business. In 2001, after Krawczyk’s kids were grown, he made the move. Krawczyk’s firm was set up as a sister company to Elite-Weiler. Superior handles business from Venice south to Fort Myers, while Elite-Weiler focuses on Sarasota and Bradenton. |
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