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What you need to know about Florida today
› Hurricane Dorian slammed Daytona, Volusia tourism in August
Hurricane Dorian’s Labor Day weekend brush with Volusia County contributed to significant year-over-year declines in occupancy, revenue and bed tax collections at area hotels, according to figures released Thursday by the Lodging & Hospitality Association of Volusia County.
› Sawgrass Mills Mall — South Florida’s No. 1 visitor destination — is getting a facelift
Perched on the edge of the Everglades, nearly an hour’s drive from downtown Miami, Sawgrass Mills Mall is an unlikely place to emerge as one of the Sunshine State’s top tourist attractions. The giant outlet mall has no roller coasters nor marine animal shows, no beach nor clubs open until dawn.
› Census Bureau: More women than men in Carrollwood in 2017
Of the 34,747 people living in Carrollwood in 2017, 52.7 percent (18,312) were women and 47.3 percent (16,435) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Florida Business Daily.
› WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms
WeWork’s bankers are scrambling to complete a new debt financing package as soon as next week to buy time to restructure after the company’s failed initial public offering left it running short of cash at a faster rate than expected.
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