Friday's Daily Pulse

› Florida Poly breaks ground on $2 million wellness center [Lakeland Ledger]
By this time next year, the burgeoning Lakeland campus will debut a variety of fitness options, from weight training to nutrition coaching, aquatics to rock climbing.

› Jacksonville ranked in Top 10 in U.S. for tourism ‘destinations on the rise’ [Florida Times-Union]
Jacksonville is among the hottest destinations in the U.S. for travelers, according to a new ranking issued this week by tourism planning website TripAdvisor.

› Winter Garden nursery shows off medical marijuana facilities [Orlando Sentinel]
A row of greenhouses under construction at Knox Nursery will soon be home to rapid expansion of Florida's newest cash crop: medical marijuana. Some marijuana was already harvested at the Winter Garden firm recently, for Friday's first deliveries of medical pot products in Central Florida.

› Florida employees frustrated over nixed day off [WCTV]
Florida's Gov. Scott is ending a holiday tradition this year and it has some state employees upset. For the first time in years, state offices will be open the Friday before Christmas.

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