Wednesday's Daily Pulse

› Tampa Bay Rowdies announce jump to United Soccer League [Bay News 9]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies announced Tuesday that the club will be joining the United Soccer League (USL) for the 2017 season. The just completed 2016 season saw the USL record a total attendance of almost 1.5 million for its 29 teams, a 33 percent increase from 2015.

› Port Manatee key to regional growth, planning summit participants told [American Journal of Transportation]
Port Manatee is seen playing a critical role in the economic growth of Manatee and Sarasota counties. The importance of the port and regional transportation infrastructure to the regional economy was a key theme of the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization Freight and Economic Development Summit.

› South Florida homes keep getting more expensive [Miami Herald]
South Florida home prices are still rising despite a market slowdown. Home prices in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties rose 7.1 percent year-over-year in August, according to the closely watched S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index.

› Top Hard Rock Cafe executive steps down [South Florida Business Journal]
Hamish Dodds, the president and CEO of Orlando-based Hard Rock Cafe International Inc., has announced he will step down from his role soon.

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