While thousands flocked to Orlando for the Electric Daisy Carnival and to Winter Park for the Cows ‘n Cabs Annual Event, there was another very different setting attracting its own unique audience. Startup Weekend Orlando…
Articles of Interest
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AIRPORT GRIDLOCK
I came across an interesting comment the other day. A user mentioned he no longer flies via MCO to visit their Disney timeshare but instead prefers landing in Tampa. Having returned from a weekend trip…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SUBSIDIZING HURRICANES
Florida has a significant interest in keeping real estate insurance affordable since real estate generates one-fifth of the state GDP. And, for obvious reasons, hurricane insurance underlies the political and economic structure of the state….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Good news for Florida from the Financial Times and Nikkei: Miami, Orlando and Tampa were ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 11 in their most recent ranking for foreign investments in America. The ranking…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPACE EVOLUTION
SpaceX had a record-breaking 31 launches in 2021. By July of this year, it had already passed that number, is scheduled to hit as many as 60 launches by the end of 2022, and doubling…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AGING WELL
95-year-old Richard Soller of Miramar, winner of the 200-meter finals at the National Senior Games, reflects the face of modern science in aging. Called senescence, it focuses on aging cells – cells that build up…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: BIG CHICKEN
Another chicken franchise is on the way in Florida. Well known NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is opening some 45 franchises in South Florida in the next 12 to 18 months, adding to his…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
A spate of recent news bodes well for the electric vehicle industry. General Motors is building electric automobile manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee. Ford is building in Kentucky and Tennessee. Toyota is building…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: RENTAL CRISIS
With regulatory hurdles in Central Florida taking over two years and construction itself adding another 18 months, the supply of new apartment rentals is well behind demand targeted by the Florida Apartment Association to be…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPACE COAST
What a difference a decade makes! Just 10 years ago, Lynda Weatherman, now president and CEO of the Economic Development Commission of Florida Space Coast, was in the midst of attempting to determine how best…