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What you need to know about Florida today
› Sarasota trucking company grows through focus on service
Sarasota-based trucking company Black Hawk Logistics has built a solid business transporting refrigerated and dry goods, primarily produce, dairy and ice cream. Now the company, previously based in Colorado before Vasil Gushterov, the owner and president, moved the headquarters to Sarasota, is getting into a new line of work that can deliver even more growth: brokering the shipment of goods. Logistics and brokerage entities have grown rapidly in the region, as the prevalence of ecommerce puts a premium on things like last-mile delivery and reliable service.
› Axionlog moving ahead on North Jacksonville warehouse
Axionlog, the Argentina-based global restaurant supplier, applied for a permit to build the foundation for its proposed $15 million North Jacksonville warehouse Plans show it will start with 37,763 square feet of freezer and dry storage space and that it is designed for expansion to almost 105,000 square feet.
› FPL offering $200 bill credit, faster deposit refunds
Florida Power & Light plans to resume disconnecting electric service of customers with past-due bills as early as Oct. 1, the utility announced. The company, provider of electric service for all of South Florida, suspended disconnections in March to help customers suffering economic hardship caused by COVID-19.
› Miami has air quality problems. Study points to electric cars as healthier option
With its idyllic beaches, swaying palm trees and expansive urban bay, it sometimes seems Miami couldn’t possibly have an air pollution problem. But the air is far from fresh. Too many cars, delivery trucks and buses produce a growing amount of particle pollution and ozone. It increasingly worsens asthma attacks, leading to more sick days and lost productivity, and premature deaths.
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