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What you need to know about Florida today
› As Port Everglades bids adieu to director, cruisers, shippers and even Jeff Bezos see upgrades in services
There are no signs at any entrance to Broward County’s Port Everglades that say, “Service your gargantuan superyachts here.” But when crews operating two of them belonging to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos needed dock space last November to park his 417-foot sailing yacht Koru, as well as a companion 250-foot vessel bearing “toys” suitable for a billionaire, the port ended up hosting both for roughly 10 days.
› Cable giant invests $22M in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch projects
Cable giant Comcast says it has completed a three-year, $22 million infrastructure upgrade project in Sarasota County. The project was designed, the company says in a statement, to bring its Xfinity 10G Network and advanced telecommunications services to industrial parks, retail sites and large residential developments across the county.
› Company that transforms discarded food into energy looking at Jacksonville
Divert Inc., a West Concord, Massachusetts-based technology company that converts food waste into energy, is exploring sites for a plant in North Jacksonville. With a $1 billion commitment from a Canadian pipeline operator, Divert has announced it expects to add 30 sites by 2031, but has not disclosed the locations.
› Showdown at the Yarborough Ranch: Will developers or the public buy this piece of Central Florida?
For environmentalists and conservationists, the 1,314 acres of pastureland tucked near the banks of the Econlockhatchee River in east Seminole County have value that dwarfs their size: They form a critical, as-yet-unpreserved piece of a statewide wildlife corridor that runs from north Florida to the Everglades. Owned by the cattle-ranching family the Yarboroughs for nearly 150 years, the land is dotted with ponds, wetlands and old-growth forest.
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