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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Jacksonville International Airport sees increase in parking demand
Dealing with large numbers of summer business and leisure travelers, the Jacksonville Aviation Authority has scrambled to meet the increased demand. Increased traffic into Jacksonville International Airport has hit such a high demand, which is unusual during the off-peak season and typically seen through Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday season, that parking spaces have been hard to come by.
› Lucky’s Market opens new store in Orlando across from Fashion Square mall
Niche grocer Lucky’s Market opened its newest store in Central Florida on Wednesday morning, making it the seventh location in the region. The new 36,000-square-foot store is located at 3230 E. Colonial Drive in the old Sports Authority building across from Orlando Fashion Square mall. Opening day, the store was busy with shoppers and celebrated a “bacon-cutting." About 150 employees were hired to help run the new location.
› The St. Pete Pier is expected to open next spring, but the restaurant at its end will be delayed
The city's pier project, which has hit snags over the years — from citizen revolt to surprise encounters with forgotten pilings and seawalls — is facing another hitch. The destination restaurant planned for the pier head building won't be ready in time for the project's now anticipated opening in the early spring of 2020.
› Rubio sounds alarm on U.S. business investing: ‘The stock market is not the economy’
Florida Senator Marco Rubio wants you to stop focusing on the stock market for a moment. Your job — and America’s future — may depend on it. If that sounds unusual for a Republican and steady Trump supporter to say, you may have some new reading to do. Last month, Rubio published “American Investment in the 21st Century,” a 40-page analysis of how U.S. businesses are sacrificing long-term viability for short-term market gains.
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