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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Dr. Phillips Charities president quits arts center’s board
The president of Dr. Phillips Charities — the organization that donated $35 million to Orlando’s downtown arts center and gave the venue its name — has resigned from the center’s board of directors.
› City funding proposed for Jacksonville’s historic Norman Studios
One million dollars has been set aside in the new city budget to renovate the only remaining piece of Jacksonville’s once-busy silent film-making past so its silver screen history can be opened for regular public visits. Announced last week in Mayor Lenny Curry’s budget proposal, the funding would be used to renovate the inside of the National Historic Landmark Norman Studios’ Production Building.
› Tampa Bay area ranks high in risk for mortgage application fraud
The Tampa Bay area is among the U.S. metro areas most at risk for mortgage application fraud. According to the real estate information firm CoreLogic, the bay area ranks sixth in the rate at which borrowers lie about their income or engage in the other types of potential fraud when applying for a mortgage.
› Sarasota, Florida’s Tableseide restaurant group opening several new eateries
From the outside looking in, it seems like Tableseide Restaurant Group is on a serious growth curve. The Sarasota-based company just opened three new restaurants in the past few months and has immediate plans for several more. But CEO Joe Seidensticker said what looks like a lot of growth at once is actually just the culmination of several projects coming to head at the same time unexpectedly.
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