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Welcome from Business Florida
Working for Your Success
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Jesse Panuccio
Florida’s economy is resurgent and our economic turnaround is leading the nation. Florida’s unemployment rate is declining and has been consistently below the national average, our private sector has added more than 600,000 jobs since December 2010, and job demand has been at record highs. These positive developments are not happening by chance. Policy matters. By keeping taxes low and regulation sensible, the Scott administration has created the pro-growth environment that has fostered Florida’s nation-leading economic turnaround.
We are working to have the nation’s top performing economy and to be recognized as the world’s best place to live, learn, play, work and do business. To support Florida’s business-friendly climate, the three distinct agencies that originally formed the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity have melded into a single culture pursuing a unified mission. Through a variety of agency-wide initiatives, we have strengthened the ties between economic, community and workforce programs to assist you in starting a business, expanding or relocating to Florida. Our state has the resources you need to be successful.
Jesse Panuccio
Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
