March 29, 2024

Friday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/8/2017

› Space Florida backs NASA nominee, but senators aren't so sure
Space Florida, the agency leading Florida's efforts in the reviving space industry at Cape Canaveral, praised President Donald Trump's new nominee to lead NASA, but Florida’s two U.S. senators aren't embracing last week's pick.

› Marion County horse park has space for displaced equines and RVs
Marion County made the SE Livestock Pavilion available to displaced animals; a local sanctuary and an animal rescue both are well ahead in plans for helping injured wildlife and protecting exotic animals.

› KPMG confirms Orlando general contractor
Construction on KPMG’s Orlando training center will be led a California-based contractor with a big Orlando office, DPR Construction.

› Another St. Pete neighborhood laments loss of its grocery store
Four years after bargain hunters cleared the shelves of the Sweetbay supermarket in Pinellas Point, the cavernous space once occupied by the grocery store remains empty.

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