March 18, 2024

Friday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 3/27/2015

Florida outpaces U.S. in income growth

Income in Florida is growing faster the national average, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Total income rose an estimated 4.6 percent in 2014 compared with 3.9 percent nationally. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]


Developers moving in on Florida mobile home parks

It's a story playing out all over fast-growing parts of Florida. Mobile home parks that once provided affordable shelter for thousands of retirees and working-class citizens are giving way to shopping centers and more upscale housing. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]


Study: Beach property values depend on feds

There's a housing bubble along the beach that would burst, were it not for the feds. Oceanfront property values on the East Coast could plummet if Congress suddenly pulled the plug on beach nourishment funding, a new study finds. [Source: Florida Today]


Column: The shopping mall is dying? Not in Florida.

The aptly named “American Dream” would be a 200-acre shopping center with attached carnival rides that would blend two of the state's strongest economic sectors: retail and tourism. [Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune]


Fewer jobs are near home

Fewer people live in a place where they can work near home, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. In South Florida, jobs near residents fell 4.9 percent from 2000 to 2012. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]


ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Odds do not favor backers of bill to allow new casinos in South Florida
The odds of passing a sweeping rewrite of the state's gambling laws appeared long on Thursday as a House committee began debate on a draft proposal to expand gambling in Florida and ended with no commitment to take up the bill for a vote.

› Another record for Sarasota County tourism
Tourism boosters are anticipating another strong final tally for the visitor season, based on February's record-breaking numbers. Lodging occupancy in Sarasota County, which includes condominium rentals, vacation home rentals and hotels, reached 94.7 percent last month.

› Bealls Inc. celebrates founding on Bradenton corner in 1915
The company began in Bradenton as a dry goods general store in April 1915. Today, Bealls sells apparel and shoes for everyone in the family in more than 500 department stores and outlet stores.

› Investors hungry for Darden stock
Wall Street investors are liking what they see from Darden Restaurants these days – so much so that they've driven up the company stock in recent months.


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