March 28, 2024

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| 6/15/2018

› Sun King heading to Sunshine State
Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewing has entered into a deal to bring its beers to Florida beginning next month. The state's second-largest brewery has inked a partnership with Cavalier Distributing to sell some of its beers in bars and liquor stores in the state.

› JEA land sale could pay for septic tank removals, water line extensions
JEA interim chief executive officer Aaron Zahn wants the city-owned utility to donate the bulk of the proceeds from an impending $18.5 million land sale to City Hall to pay for community priorities like phasing out septic tanks.

› Pensacola native and veteran wins Governor's Young Entrepreneur Award
Alex Hill, 26, is an Army Combat Veteran turned entrepreneur who was awarded the Governor's Young Entrepreneur Award Wednesday morning. Hill, a Pensacola native and University of West Florida student, started his company "Florida Coconuts" when he returned from his service in Afghanistan.

› Here’s why Waze and other Israeli tech companies are keen on Tampa Bay
Most people think of Waze as a GPS navigation system. But the Tel Aviv-based tech firm, now owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., is trying to be much more — such as when it partnered with the city of Tampa and the state a few years ago for its Connected Citizens Program.

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