Volume 56 l January 2022
 
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Economic Development - Friday Edition
A whirlwind trip...
Your Chamber in Tallahassee
Who will be the Economist of the Year? Find out at Focus on 2022!
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Paula Clair Smith of real estate firm Colliers International, provides a regional report on commercial properties to our Pinellas Central Leads Team at The Haus Coffee Shop-Indian Rocks Road. There's still availability to be part of our exclusive Leads Teams Program. Click here to learn more: Leads Teams
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced about $241 million in federal funds for ports across the country. Absent from the list of recipients? Florida ports.
In the last several years, especially as the pandemic disrupted normal life, many travelers ditched the comforts of hotels and resorts, finding the joy of escaping crowds in a tent or RV.
Brevard County's unemployment rate had soared as high as 13.2% in April 2020, after many employers laid off staff as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But it has since steadily decreased, dropping to 3.4% by November.
Tallahassee is home to more than 60 technology-based companies. But, most people don't know it. Insiders say it's a common reality they've confronted and, in their respective ways, tried to upend with some success.
The parent company of Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing, a foundational part of Tampa Bay’s craft beer landscape, has reached a deal to sell to Monster Beverage Corporation for $330 million in cash.
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