Better Communication Fosters Healthier, Safer Communities

Communication stands out to me as having the greatest impact in creating a healthier and a safer community. Some of the best protection can come from fostering friendships and common purpose in your community. Education, involvement, awareness, and compassion allow for communities to do just that. Once you have created a healthy community that cares […]
4 Hurricane Preparedness Tips For Residents In Gated Communities

Envera Systems, specialists in leveraging high-tech security solutions for gated residential communities, has already reviewed, revised and begun implementing their 2013 Hurricane Preparation Plan for the communities they secure. As Florida residents enter the most volatile time of this year’s hurricane season, Envera would like to share 4 security tips that apply to all residents […]
Removing the ‘Barbarians’ — and Guards — from Your Gates :: The Real Estate Professional – May 1, 2011
Coral Bay is a 997-home community in Margate, Fla., where there was a real problem with after-hour loitering and vandalism. Spurred by complaints about intimidation, vandalism, trespassing, and disturbances, the Coral Bay Community Development District Board of Supervisors was forced to re-evalute its access and security systems. It quickly realized there were only two options […]
Electronic Help For Guards :: Land O’ Lakes, FL – April 2011
LAND O’ LAKES FL – A new system is adding electronic help for guards who keep an eye on a 755-home development called The Groves. The Land O’ Lakes subdivision has new proprietary software by Envera Systems, which delivers high-tech security that catches vandals in their tracks and keeps strangers out. “We provide manned guards with […]
Virtual Guards Take Responsibility For Gates Community :: Sarasota, FL – February 2011
One of the Tampa Bay area’s premier master-planned communities is replacing manned sentry houses with a virtual guard service to provide security. The Live Oak Preserve Master Homeowners Association contracted with Envera Systems (enverasystems.com) to install its proprietary, electronic monitoring technology at two of the gated community’s entryways and in common areas, such as pools […]
Live Oaks Preserve in New Tampa uses technology to amp up security :: Sarasota, FL – December 2010
Live Oaks Preserve in New Tampa uses technology to amp up securityBy Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff WriterTechnology at Live Oak Preserve records gate activity via Sarasota. NEW TAMPA – As visitors pull up to the entrance gate at Live Oak Preserve, someone is listening and watching – someone from more than 60 miles away. The […]
New Trend — Electronics, Not Guards :: Boca Raton, FL – December 2010
There’s a trend toward replacing or augmenting live guards with electronics at communities and facilities where security matters. A big development near Ft. Lauderdale has made the switch, and so have communities near Tampa and Naples. Central station operators keep an eye on entry gates and swimming pools, sometimes with humorous results. Recently they ousted […]
Envera Systems Guards Gated Communities, Pools :: Security Products Magazine – November 17th 2010
A Sarasota-based integrated security company uses a combination of proprietary software and the Internet to provide high-tech security that “stops vandalism overnight” at gated communities and pools, according to Envera Systems LLC. And it can do so at half the cost of hiring traditional manned guards to patrol pools and parks, and control access for […]
Envera Expands To Florida’s East Coast :: Tampa Bay Business Journal – October 13, 2010
Envera Systems, LLC opened a sales and service operation in Boca Raton, expanding for the first time beyond its Tampa to Naples market. Envera, based in Sarasota, is an integrated security company, offering surveillance, access control, keyless entry and visitor verification for gated communities, a release said. The company provides security services for Stoneybrook in […]
New Security system Unveiled: You Don’t See Guards, But They See You :: Sarasota, FL – October 2010
What you see in Pat Neal Communities’ Central Park development are five separate neighborhoods built around a grand park with a splash fountain, picnic pavilion, ball fields, dog walk, artistically painted benches, street lights, and tennis courts. What you won’t see are security guards in manned sentry houses. But they see you. Pat Neal Communities […]