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2020 was such a strange year for everyone. We are so fortunate that for us, it meant that we were busier than we’ve ever been–and that includes our newest, tiniest workers!  In September, we partnered with Jensen Honey + Farming, a local commercial beekeeping operation, to place approximately 60 beehives on our property. The eastern […]

2019 was a wonderful year for our company. We designed and installed dozens of creative, beautiful landscapes for our happy clientele. We collaborated with incredible architects, builders and craftsmen. We hired highly skilled management professionals to help evolve our maintenance division. And with 15+ years of company leadership and a lifetime of apprenticeship under his […]

This is our twelfth edition of Community First, completing a year of celebrating the wonderful work of many of the nonprofit organizations we proudly support. To recap: August 2018: School Spotlight September 2018: The Benjamin Gilkey Fund for Innovative Pediatric Cancer Research October 2018: National Alliance on Mental Illness November 2018: The Hermitage Artist Retreat […]

June 1st marks the beginning of another hurricane season here in Florida, and in this month’s edition of Community First, we’d like to celebrate the disaster relief work done by the American Red Cross. It is unusual for us to invest our support in a national organization, rather than a local one, but certain situations […]

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, we are proud to share some news from two families here at Michael A. Gilkey, Inc. This spring we have been fortunate enough to host nesting Pileated Woodpeckers in a Cabbage Palm snag, and Red Shouldered Hawks in one of our Bismarck Palms. Within just a few days […]

In this month’s edition of Community First, we are proud to celebrate a non-profit organization we have just started supporting, but one that has served our community for forty years: SPARCC (Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center).  SPARCC’s mission is to stop domestic and sexual violence in our communities. SPARCC is the only state-certified center […]

  Our latest project up on the portfolio is a stunning renovation. While we relish the opportunity to work with architects and builders on new construction projects, sometimes the transformation inherent in a renovation can be even more gratifying. Here are just a few before and after shots from our Snead Island Renovation project.  Entry […]

In this month’s edition of Community First, we’d like to celebrate the work being done by the Sarasota Film Festival, both on the screen and behind the scenes.  The 21st annual Sarasota Film Festival will take place from April 5th to April 14th. The festival screens over 200 films each year, including features, documentaries, shorts, and […]

Our team has been honored to have been invited to two special events at local elementary schools this month. On March 1st, Michael was asked to lead a design charette for the STEAM Academy students at Wilkinson Elementary School for their unit inspired by the children’s book, “Iggy Peck, Architect.” And on March 10, we joined […]

Our season is in full swing here in Sarasota, and in this month’s edition of Community First, we celebrate an epicenter of the arts and culture scene that draws so many here each spring: The Asolo Repertory Theatre. Asolo Rep stages up to fifteen productions every season, spanning a diverse repertoire of newly commissioned plays, bold […]

In this edition of Community First, we celebrate the work of Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s, a local non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. We have supported Neuro Challenge since its inception, in honor and in memory of Mic Gilkey, our company’s founder and father, […]

Our 2018 year end celebration was one for the ages, with face painting, a stellar spread from Nancy’s Bar-B-Q, not one but two sandpiles, and an even bigger bounce house for the kids. The annual water balloon toss was epic this time around, with a record number of participants. It was followed by the highlight […]