Marketing and advertising entrepreneur Joe Grano, who worked with clients from Sarasota to South Africa, died Wednesday, June 11, after a five-month battle with cancer. Grano was 65.
Grano founded Next-Mark LLC in 2005 and moved the company to Sarasota in 2010. The company’s list of local current and past clients, for which the firm worked on public relations, strategic marketing and advertising, among other tasks, includes the City of Sarasota; DWYLA Landscape Architects; John Cannon Homes; Willis Smith Construction; St. Armands Circle; Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors; Michael Saunders & Co.; Yarnall Moving and Storage; CitySide Apartments; and the Barancik Foundation.
The firm announced Grano’s death in a statement released late June 12…