April 27, 2024
Orlando Community Portrait
Orlando Region: Tourism
Vacation Capital of the World?
George Aguel, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, along with other executives in tourism have diligently worked with economic-development officials throughout the region with the...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: The Arts
Can the arts be an economic driver? Recent achievements of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts offer ample evidence for an emphatic, yes.
Located in downtown Orlando, the...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Professional Services
By the numbers, the region’s legal and professional sectors are thriving.
With Orlando adding more than 1,000 jobs per week, those sectors are doing more than their fair share to...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Sports
The victories keep coming. Or, as Steve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, says, “We’re a big-league city; we have a lot of teams to root for.”
Indeed, Hogan, for...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Construction and Real Estate
Construction and Real Estate
With $10 billion-plus in infrastructure projects underway, there’s a lot of commercial construction happening in Orlando. The highlights, of course, are I-4 Ultimate’s highway remake and...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Workforce
“It’s a good problem to have,” says Pam Nabors, president and CEO of CareerSource Central Florida, in talking about the good-news/not-so-good-news scenario of the labor market across the Orlando region....
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando's Future Trajectory
“How do we keep the trajectory moving?”
That question comes from Tim Giuliani, president and CEO of the Orlando Economic Partnership, who quickly answers it for himself: “For us to...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Education
In explaining the dynamics behind perhaps the region’s most notable trend in education, Valencia College President Sandy Shugart offers a history lesson. With the Orlando region’s growth occurring relatively late...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Health Care and Medical Sciences
With its highest level of capital dollars being invested, the region’s health care industry is, well, quite healthy. Similarly, the sophistication and effectiveness of related medical science is reaching new...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Energy
“I’ve never seen any-thing like this. This is tremendous.”
Marc Hoenstine, director of economic development for Duke Energy in Florida, is talking about Duke’s
$4.6 billion grid-modernization program, involving enhancements...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Transportation
With $10 billion in current infrastructure work, the region’s theme of collaboration is perhaps most apparent — and most needed — in the transportation sector.
“Collaboration — it’s a treasure...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando Region: Tech Entrepreneurship
Listen to Jerry Ross, president of the Orlando-based National Entrepreneur Center, and it becomes clear he believes entrepreneurship has come of age across the region. “This is the place to...
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Published on 12/28/2018
Orlando: A Region United
With apologies to fans of college football experiencing poll fatigue, the Orlando region places at or near the top in numerous national rankings for economic vitality and quality of life....
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Published on 12/28/2018
