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…;
Articles of Interest
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…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PROGRESS
The reality of Central Florida continuing to grow and expand can be seen in the little and big things. With Opera Orlando left with only a handful of tickets remaining, and the Wekiva Parkway Bypass…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: RENT CONTROL SHORTCOMINGS
There is no question that rent-stressed tenants in Orange County could use some help staying in their homes. The problem with the Orange County Commission’s 4-3 solution is that it ignores fundamental economic principles dating…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
The University Club of Orlando, which, until 1992, didn’t allow women or minorities to join, has elected its first Black president – 44-year-old Michael Lane. Housed in a new downtown facility with membership challenged since…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AMERICAN PIE
On February 8, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper Richardson, plunged out of the sky killing all three and creating the backdrop for Don McLean’s ubiquitous “American Pie,” considered a musical masterpiece…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PIZZA SELLS
Sean Ferraro, aka “the Pizza Skiff Guy,” demonstrates once again that entrepreneurism is alive and well in the world. A graduate of FSU’s College of Hospitality, and coming from a family of restaurant owners, Ferraro…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: REACHING BACK
The media this past week were ablaze at the captivating photos being sent back for our view – and scientific scrutiny – by the recently launched James Web Space Telescope, now in a one-year, million-mile…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: BRAIN WAVES
Recent work at the University of South Florida by Professor Marvin Andujar, Director of the Neuro-Machine Interaction Lab, is demonstrating just how far we can go in capturing external activity through brain waves alone. By…;