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Rebuild or relocate? Hurricane Ian survivors lean toward staying
Hurricane Ian gave southwest Floridians plenty of reasons to leave: It killed at least 115 people, crushed countless homes and businesses, turned area waterways into toxic soups and caused at least $50 to $65 billion in damages. But as residents and business owners assess the devastation and reach for insurance policies that may or may not cover all of their losses, there appears to be an emerging consensus for rebuilding, and not relocating to areas perceived to be less vulnerable to catastrophic storms. More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Taxpayers receive an extension following Hurricane Ian
Corporate income tax filers have caught a break. The Florida Department of Revenue Director Jim Zingale extended the due dates in response to those impacted by Hurricane Ian. The announcement was in response to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declaring an extension. Florida taxpayers who file corporate income tax returns and installment payments can now file by March 2, 2023, as long as their original due date fell on or after Sept. 23. The extension applies to businesses throughout the state. More from the Business Observer.
MSC to bring larger cruise ship, the Seashore, to Port Canaveral in 2023
MSC Cruises will be bringing one of its largest and newest ships — the Seashore — to Port Canaveral late next year. MSC Cruises currently sails the MSC Meraviglia out of Port Canaveral. That ship will be replaced by the MSC Seaside in April 2023, then by the Seashore in November 2023. MSC said the move is part of a larger expansion that will include having a record five MSC ships sailing from U.S. ports in the winter 2023-24 sailing season. More from the Florida Today.
UF presidential finalist Sen. Ben Sasse in Gainesville today for campus visit
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse will visit the University of Florida campus in Gainesville on Monday for a series of public forums following last week’s announcement that he is the lone finalist to be the school’s next president. The Nebraska Republican will appear in the president’s ballroom at Emerson Alumni Hall for separate sessions with faculty, students and university employees. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
The story and long legal battle behind the late-night levee breach text alert in Sarasota
One neighborhood’s decades long struggle with an aging berm became a panic point for many in Sarasota when an errant warning was sent to the phones of residents countywide in the middle of the night. The berm has broken three times since people have been living in the lots – once in 2003 because water came from the riverside and twice in the 1990s because they had to break it to let water out. According to court documents, there was also significant damage to the berm after Hurricane Irma in 2017. More from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Supporting innovation and job growth
With the launch of a game-changing new industry-acceleration space at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Volusia County civic leaders Cici and Hyatt Brown are promoting innovation, creating high-paying jobs and bolstering Florida’s advanced technology workforce to benefit future generations. The Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology, supported by the couple’s remarkably generous $25 million gift, which was matched by Governor Ron DeSantis and the State of Florida, firmly establishes Daytona Beach as a key player in the rapidly growing commercial space arena. [Sponsored report]
Profile
A breast cancer survivor finds support on a dragon boating team
Jacqueline Mori was 43 in 2005 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I found out during a routine mammogram at the Sarasota Memorial Breast Health Center and was told the cancer was very aggressive and that I would have to have chemotherapy and radiation,” Mori says. “I first had a lumpectomy, followed by chemo and then radiation. Losing my hair was very traumatic for me. I had gone to one support group during my treatment and realized that was not for me.” It would be another eight years before Mori realized that, perhaps, joining a support group wasn’t such a bad idea, after all.
» More from Florida Trend.
Out of the Box
Airplay puts creativity in the heart (and intestines) of Orlando
Yes, that’s a collection of giant body parts in the middle of downtown Orlando. It’s not the innards of a fallen giant passersby will see but the whimsical — can intestines be whimsical? — art of Airplay, an inflatable art exhibit on view through Oct. 30. Celebrating its 10th year, Creative City Project is presenting Airplay, which stretches from the Seneff Arts Plaza in front of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts across the street from City Hall.
» Read more from the Orlando Sentinel.
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