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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Advantage Conference focuses on financing minority-owned businesses, 'underbanked' households
This year's Advantage Conference brought numerous financial institutions under one roof to hear challenges minority-owned businesses face while securing capital. The Capital City Chamber of Commerce hosted the two-day conference that included panel discussions on developments coming to Tallahassee and entrepreneurship training opportunities. However, the central theme was financing and a need to do more to bridge the gap small businesses face while securing funds for their respective operations.
› Hurricane Ian evacuees from Florida's west coast are booking hotels in Palm Beach County
Hurricane Ian prompted a surge in hotel bookings throughout Palm Beach County as residents of the state’s west coast sought to flee the oncoming storm. “We are booked up,” said Chris Steele, general manager of the 150-room Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown Hotel. Demand for hotel rooms was especially fevered after Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie on Tuesday urged people to drive east to South Florida for shelter.
› Restaurant CEO saddles up for winners
Managers and executives at healthy eating fast casual chain Bolay, all the way up to co-founder and CEO Chris Gannon, regularly have buckets of ice dropped all over them. It’s a head-to-toe freeze out reminiscent of NFL sideline Gatorade baths for the head coach as the clock winds down on a winning game. But the Bolay ice shower isn’t a charity challenge, nor is it an employee slip and fall situation. Instead, the ice is a mark of a new store opening or another big win.
› Swire megatower on Brickell wins final city OK
Miami has approved Brickell City Centre’s planned 2023 work on a vast tower with what the developer says are the largest office floor plates in the region and a temporary fire station within the mixed-use complex. A unanimous commission vote Sept. 22 amended the Special Area Plan for Brickell City Centre and OK’d a development pact with Swire Properties, the main developer, working with Related Companies.
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