Hancock Askew’s C.J. Evans Recognized for Role in Relocating National Marine Retailer

Hancock Askew’s SALT Director, C.J. Evans, was recognized in the South Florida Business Journal as assisting with the headquarters relocation of West Marine from Santa Cruz, CA, to Fort Lauderdale, FL. The cross country move by the national boating and fishing supply retail chain is creating 225 jobs in Broward County, FL. Evans helped with site selection and played a key role in securing substantial business incentives savings for West Marine.

West Marine was one of the companies recognized during the annual meeting of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance for creating or retaining jobs in Broward County. Visit the Alliance’s website for more details.

About Hancock Askew & Co.

Hancock Askew is a professional services firm tracing its origins back to 1910. The firm provides services that include tax, audit, accounting, risk assurance and advisory, SOC examinations, transaction advisory, business valuations and other critical business consulting services. With offices in Savannah, Atlanta, and Augusta, Georgia as well as Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville, Florida; our staff of over 250 professionals provides support to an array of clients ranging from emerging businesses to large corporations, nonprofit organizations to publicly traded companies and individuals. Hancock Askew is an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA. For more information about Hancock Askew, visit www.hancockaskew.com.

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