Tube Dude To Voluntarily Return County Grant. Scott Gerber, Tube Dude founder, recently signed an agreement to reimburse Sarasota County the $56,000 Tube Dude received in 2011 as part of an Economic Development Grant. The reimbursement is scheduled for six $9,333 installments through July 2016, coinciding with the end of the Economic Development Grant period. The first payment was made on February 28, 2014. “Returning the grant was my decision. It got to the point I didn’t want the county’s money. That’s why I didn’t file for the additional employees (5) we hired,” shares Gerber. “I first approached the county […]
Economic Incentive Grant To Fuel Tube Dude. The Sarasota County Commission awarded $100,000 to Tube Dude as part of the county’s economic development incentive grant program. Tube Dude, the creator of happy faced metal sculptures, plans to hire 44 people with the grant.
“The whole story behind doing something so sophisticated as custom yacht building, losing everything and then totally reinventing one’s self (aka The Tube Dude), has so much power and leg because right now so many people can relate to it." Scott Gerber
Anchored by the Tube Dude Gallery, Scott Gerber’s vision is to turn space in the Rosemary District into multiple art galleries, open seven days a week, with the coupe de-gráce a weekly art show each Saturday, after Sarasota’s Farmers Market closes.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
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