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Business Florida 2013 - The Regions
East Central Florida
Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Orlando, Titusville
NOTABLE EMPLOYERS
Aviation/Aerospace/Defense
• The Boeing Company - Titusville
• Harris Corporation - Melbourne
• Lockheed Martin Corporation - Orlando
• Northrop Grumman Corporation - Orlando and Melbourne
• Raytheon Company - Orlando and Melbourne
• Siemens - Orlando and Melbourne
Tourism/hospitality
• American Automobile Association - Heathrow
• Darden Restaurants - Orlando
• SeaWorld - Orlando
• Universal Studios Florida - Orlando
• Walt Disney World - Orlando
Healtcare
• Adventist Health System - Orlando
• Orlando Health - Orlando
HIGHER EDUCATION
East Central is home base for University of Central Florida (UCF), the nation’s second largest university and renowned for its research and patent portfolio. Other top-notch educational choices here include: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, generating more pilots for major airlines than any other flight school; and Valencia College, consistently cited for conferring more associate’s degrees than any U.S. community college and 2011 recipient of the Aspen Institute Prize for Community College Excellence.
