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Around the State- Northwest- March 2000
Another High-Tech CorridorAn initiative organized around an interstate and targeting high-tech industry -- sound familiar?by Julie S. BettingerWith the early success of the I-4 high-tech corridor, other regions around the...
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Published on 3/1/2000
Around the State- Northwest- Feb. 2000
In the NewsApalachicola River -- Negotiators have until the end of April to resolve complaints centering on water rights to the river that runs between Alabama and Georgia and flows...
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Published on 2/1/2000
Around the State- Northwest- Jan. 2000
Calhoun County -- Officials hope to secure a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation's Fast Track Economic Growth Initiative to re-invigorate the Calhoun County Industrial Park and Airport. The...
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Published on 1/1/2000
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In the NewsBay County -- Bay County commissioners have limited the interest a title loan company can charge to 2.5% monthly, or 30% per year. Under old rules, companies could...
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Published on 12/1/1999
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The College That CouldNorth Florida Community College hosts the only Cisco Systems training academy in the Deep South.Nestled in Madison, not too far from Tallahassee and the Georgia line, North...
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Published on 11/1/1999
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Farmers in the RedThe Panhandle's growers are encountering the realities of global trade -- painfully.Rex Holley is expecting the best harvest of cotton and peanuts he's had in five years....
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Published on 10/1/1999
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Little AtlantaAn influx of Georgians is creating a boom in upscale home construction, but what about the locals?Panhandle residents like to say they live in the "real Florida." But more...
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Published on 9/1/1999
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One Man's PlansKen Kirton fought hard for permission to develop land adjacent to Wakulla's famous springs, but he's ready to take the state's money and walk.Real estate agent Ken Kirton...
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Published on 8/1/1999
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Space Available, BigLocal economic development officials don't want just any tenant for a soon-vacant engine plant.Along Pensacola's Scenic Highway on the edge of town sits a big, empty building. Nearly...
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Published on 7/1/1999
Followers of St. Joe Co.
From a mid-size conference room in its Panama City Beach offices, the St. Joe Co./Arvida West Florida team plots its campaign to reshape northwest Florida with new resorts and thousands...
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Published on 6/1/1999
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Manufacturers OnlyA year's rent for a buck. What's the catch?By Matt Moore In Lafayette County, where the Suwannee River winds its way through vast tracts of timber and mile after...
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Published on 5/1/1999
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Bristol -- Birmingham, Ala.-based The Banc Corp. acquired C&L Banking Corp. C&L, with assets of $108 million, has branches in Blountstown, Bristol and Altha. The Banc Corp. also owns Emerald...
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Published on 4/1/1999
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Water WarsA battle over water in northwest Florida has towns feuding and unwilling to compromise.by Matt MooreThe increase in commercial and residential development in Okaloosa and Walton counties has put...
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Published on 3/1/1999
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Taking FlightMomentum appears to be building for development of a new regional airport in the Panhandle.The St. Joe Co., looking to boost development of its massive holdings in the Panhandle,...
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Published on 2/1/1999
Around the State-Northwest-Jan.1999
Destin -- Happy Stores Inc., a convenience-store chain with 27 locations in the Panhandle, plans to sell the company to its workers. The chain set up an Employee Stock Ownership...
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Published on 1/1/1999
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Welfare Reform - Cash grants will enable eight businesses in the Panhandle, including an apparel manufacturer, a fish processing company and a lumberyard, to expand their operations and add about...
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Published on 12/1/1998
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OKALOOSA COUNTY - The welcome mat is out in Crestview for Centrobe, a data and communications company that will hire 150 to staff a new call center in a recently...
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Published on 11/1/1998
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Gulf County - How long will the recently shuttered Florida Coast Paper Co. mill in Port St. Joe stay closed this time, residents wonder. In 1997, a five-month shutdown of...
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Published on 10/1/1998
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Manufacturing - Taylor County has jobs but it needs workers. Manufacturers such as Sport-Craft Boats in Perry are hungry for new employees. Ken Hall, president of Sport-Craft, which will make...
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Published on 9/1/1998
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DESTIN -- UniversalCom bought Mobile, Ala.-based Sullivan Telephone & Telecommunications. UniversalCom offers long distance and local telephone service and Internet access to businesses in the Panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.FORT...
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Published on 8/1/1998
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APALACHICOLA The state Cabinet found that Coastal Petroleum Co.'s $224.5 million surety bond isn't enough to cover the costs of potential accidents, and it remanded to the Department of Administrative...
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Published on 7/1/1998
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APALACHICOLA A state judge granted Coastal Petroleum Co. a permit to drill an exploratory well about nine miles off the coast of Franklin County. Coastal, a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Coastal...
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Published on 6/1/1998
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APALACHICOLAThe state's Department of Environmental Protection denied Coastal Petroleum Co.'s request for 12 offshore oil and gas drilling permits. The company says it will appeal the decision. BLOUNTSTOWNMowrey Elevator Co....
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Published on 5/1/1998
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DESTIN -- The city council temporarily put a stop to high-rise developments along the harbor's north shore. The six-month moratorium prohibits buildings higher than 35 feet and warehouses larger than...
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Published on 4/1/1998
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FORT WALTON BEACH -- Atlanta-based Home Depot opened its 63rd store in Florida here. The new store created 120 year-round jobs. Another location is planned for Panama City later this...
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Published on 3/1/1998
