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Florida Data: Economic Yearbook
Florida's Biggest Private Landowners   

The 10 — which own about a tenth of the state — will play a key role in Florida's future. [read more]


Miami-Dade - Yearbook   

Downtown Miami and international trade are surging, but the county faces plenty of challenges, including getting control of its budget and righting the ship at the financially troubled Jackson Health System. [read more]


Economic Yearbook 2011   

County-by-county statistics, goals for each region, and regional key players. [read more]


Treasure Coast - Yearbook   

Economic developers now call the region the Research Coast — and with good reason: Torrey Pines and the Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute are promising to diversify the economy.  [read more]


Southwest - Yearbook   

Throughout the region, economic developers are looking to broaden their employment bases. Sarasota County is diversifying as well but also is trying to capitalize on a demographic base heavy with affluent retirees.  [read more]


Central - Yearbook   

Orlando and Orange County are forecast to lead the state’s recovery in many ways, but deep cuts in government spending and ongoing real estate woes are weighing on the four-county metro area. [read more]


Tampa Bay - Yearbook   

Economic development officials are pushing for new clusters in applied medicine and human performance; high-tech electronics and instruments; business, financial and data services; and marine and environmental activities. [read more]


North Central - Yearbook   

Gainesville and Alachua County have weathered the recession better than most Florida communities thanks in part to continued hiring and tech-related spinoffs from the University of Florida. [read more]


Northeast - Yearbook   

Jacksonville is looking for a new mayor. The region is looking for jobs, pinning high hopes on the port and the expanding financial services sector.  [read more]


Big Bend - Yearbook   

News that Bing Energy is moving its headquarters from California to Tallahassee in order to collaborate with FSU on nanotechnology coincides with a trend of research-to-industry evolutions for Leon County, with four such conversions from FSU alone in the past year. [read more]


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