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Monday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
Insurance pressures continue after Nicole
Despite pounding parts of the East Coast, Hurricane Nicole will not hit Florida’s insurance market as hard as Hurricane Ian. While Nicole won’t cause as large of losses as Ian, Fitch Ratings on Friday released an analysis that pointed to the combination of the storms continuing to build pressure on Florida’s troubled property-insurance system. More from the News Service of Florida.
NASA pushing toward Artemis I launch to the moon, but working some issues
NASA managers continue to push forward with this week's launch of the Artemis I mission to the moon, but two outstanding issues – one of which was caused by Hurricane Nicole – still need to be resolved. Officials Sunday night said teams would begin reporting to their stations in Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center early Monday, ultimately kicking off countdown to liftoff at 1:04 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 16. More from Florida Today.
Why are so many car washes popping up around Tampa Bay?
In a move that reflects a nationwide trend, companies are hoping to saturate Florida — and especially Tampa Bay — with as many car wash locations as possible. They know in order to get consumers to fork over anywhere from $20 to $50 for a monthly subscription, it needs to be convenient for them. Tampa Bay is especially appealing to developers in the car wash biz. The area has a high car-to-household rate. As new residents pour into the area, many are commuting longer distances, which dirties up vehicles fast. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Central Florida toll authority fights vulnerable community over ‘Great Wall of Poinciana’
Central Florida’s powerful toll road authority has provoked a fight with a distant, underdog community where residents decry a proposed expressway along their main street as the Great Wall of Poinciana. The conflict centers in Poinciana, an unincorporated community an hour south of Orlando’s city hall and miles south of Kissimmee. Its population of more than 70,000, many drawn to affordable homes, ranks with the region’s largest cities. Poinciana straddles two counties, Osceola and Polk, rendering it politically splintered and feeble. There is nobody like a mayor and no elected politician lives there. More from the Orlando Sentinel.
Miami-area nonprofits need your help. How to donate on Give Miami Day 2022
Give Miami Day, one of the country’s largest annual giving events, is back with a record number of nonprofits this year. With more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations asking for donations this year, Give Miami Day 2022 needs to raise at least $20 million within 24 hours on Thursday, Nov. 17, to reach its goal, a figure it surpassed last year by a landslide. More from the Source.
Sports Business
Marlins promote Caroline O’Connor to president, break another barrier
Caroline O’Connor didn’t know what her ceiling was when she entered the sports business world, simply because there were so few examples of women who traveled her path. Turns out, she had no limit. The Miami Marlins promoted O’Connor to president of business operations on Monday, making them the first U.S. major sports franchise to have women serving simultaneously as president and general manager.
» More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Business Profile
SwiftPaws
Brevard County native Meghan Wolfgram graduated from high school with an associate’s degree through a dual enrollment program and was been accepted into the University of Florida’s veterinary program. “I was going to go into large-animal equine sciences.” Instead, the then 18-year-old opted to take a gap year and participate in an exchange program in Germany, interning at a horse farm, learning a new language — and opening her mind to explore other pathways.
» Read more from the Florida Trend.
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