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› Palm Beach County 2030: Retirees, young families moving north in search of less expensive homes
With new medical jobs, 45-minute commute times and homes six figures cheaper than Palm Beach County, young families and Baby Boomers prepping for retirement are looking north to St. Lucie County, with some even moving to Indian River and Martin counties.
› Orlando Fashion Square mall faces what could be its last holiday shopping season
This could be the last holiday shopping season at the Colonial Drive mall as developers have acquired the land underneath the building with hopes to tear it down and replace it with a new open-air center. Chuck Whittall and Daryl Carter purchased the 46 acres northeast of downtown in September, with Whittall saying at the time he hoped to start redevelopment in a year.
› Frontier Airlines will start MIA hub in 2020 with 8 more flights and Miami-based crews
Frontier Airlines is making Miami International Airport one of its hubs in 2020. The low-fare airline announced Wednesday that it is adding eight direct flights from MIA and will base more than 100 flight attendants and 30 pilots in Miami starting in March. Frontier has similar hubs in Denver, Chicago, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Orlando.
› South Florida's Fast-Changing Landscape Makes It Harder For Audubon To Count Birds
As cranes continue to crowd South Florida’s skyline, birds of different feather are becoming increasingly hard to find. Birders and counters working with Tropical Audubon headed out for the first round of the annual Christmas Bird Count. The Audubon tradition launched in 1900 to turn the tide against hunting birds and tap into the burgeoning conservation movement. What participants found this year were fewer birds and a decline in good bird habitat.
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