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| 11/5/2018

› Finding the grass is greener in Southwest Florida
Greenscapes CEO Steven Pruchansky moved south in 1989 in search of a better lifestyle. Since 1991, he’s grown the company from a team of seven to more than 300 with more expansion and a new Fort Myers location underway.

› Science prize aims to solve algal bloom crisis
The George Barley Water Prize, offered by the Everglades Foundation and the Scotts Miracle Gro Foundation and other sponsors, offers $10 million to the winner of a competition to provide an affordable new technology for safely removing phosphorus from large amounts of water.

› Jacksonville in line to ride ‘observation wheel’ trend
At a cost of $10 million and up, the giant Ferris wheels known as observation wheels have popped up in a growing number of cities where passengers ride in climate-controlled, enclosed gondolas that give a modern twist to an old-fashioned concept.

› Defense contractor L3 Technologies announces 67 cuts
New York-based L3 Technologies is cutting 67 jobs in its St. Petersburg office, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state last week. The cuts will begin in late December, the notice said, and run through early May 2019.

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