May 11, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 2/29/2016

› South Florida condo market cooling off
Condominium sales sputtered in South Florida in January, and Craig Studnicky insists that was no abberation. "The market has slowed down a little bit," said Studnicky, principal of ISG World, an Aventura firm selling units across the region. "Nobody wants to admit that, but it has."

› Seminole County considers new incentives for sports, tourism
Seminole County is considering a new incentive program in an effort to attract more sports and special events. The new program is described on an agenda for an upcoming Board of County Commissioners meeting.

› Florida's primary role is unclear
Florida’s significance in the process remains unclear even as absentee ballots are being cast and Election Day is just around the corner.

› USF sees a day when it will join the ranks of Florida's 'pre-eminent' universities
Since 2013, both Florida and Florida State have met the Legislature's benchmarks for "pre-eminent status," receiving an extra $5 million to $15 million each year in state funds to attract the best faculty and students and grow the universities' reach across the globe.
» See also: $2.9 million gift will establish entrepreneurship program at USF

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