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Wednesday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
America's spaceport boom is outpacing the need to go to space
Sending things to space is theoretically what happens at a spaceport, though business has been less than bustling. The Federal Aviation Administration has licensed spaceports in Florida, Texas, California, Alaska, Virginia, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and Colorado. The problem? Of the 10 active sites last year, only three launched anything at all. "For many of us who’ve been following the commercial space industry for the past 10 to 15 years, I think it’s going slower than everybody had hoped," says Brian Gulliver, aerospace and spaceport practice leader at Kimley-Horn. More from WIRED.
Commentary: Gig economy will do wonders for Florida, if we let it
Don’t send flowers to the funeral of the gig economy yet. The forces creating alternatives to traditional work are inexorable. A brand new study details what we do and don’t know about the gig economy. Three powerful forces are driving it, and have been since the 1970s. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
Florida develops Dominican Republic trade mission
The Dominican Republic, Florida’s largest market in the Caribbean basin, will welcome around 20 Florida companies and 40 to 50 Floridians to Santo Domingo from Nov. 13-16 for an export sales mission led by Enterprise Florida Inc. More from Miami Today.
Zika cases continue to inch up in Florida
The number of Zika cases continue to inch up in Florida. According to the state Department of Health website, Florida has had 66 reported cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year, with the number increasing slightly during the past three weeks. More from WWSB.
With a new design, Orlando Magic's long-promised entertainment complex will begin construction in 2019
More than a decade ago, a group of architects presented the Orlando Magic with an enticing concept: Build an all-in-one entertainment complex across the street from the Amway Center. Ten basketball seasons later, shovels are finally scheduled to go into the ground. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
Business Profile
Pizza Villa
Early Italian immigrants passing through Ellis Island brought along their "tomato pie" and pasta culture, introducing the starch-heavy fare to New Yorkers. When Danny and Angela Leporino emigrated from New York to Spring Hill in 1988, they brought those same recipes here, to the community’s on-going delight.
» More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Out of the Box
South Florida audiences to learn Japan’s ‘Way of the Ninja’
South Florida on Wednesday will be visited by a true Japanese ninja. Tomonosuke, a descendant of the ancient Iga province Ninja clan, will lead free demonstrations and lectures about the ninja spirit, powerful and authentic shurikens (ninja stars, ninjutsu demonstrations and more) in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
» Read more from the Miami Herald.
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