Florida Business News

• Florida vaccine supply to jump to nearly 450k first doses next week

  Continued increases in the federal supply of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 combined with a continued surge in Moderna vaccines means Florida will receive 450,000 initial doses the week beginning March 1.

• Orange County approves $2 million to diversify economy amid COVID-19 recovery

  Orange County commissioners agreed Tuesday to spend nearly $2 million to stimulate and diversify the local economy as Central Florida seeks to emerge from a pandemic that exposed the tourism-dependent region’s vulnerabilities.

• The St. Joe Company reshapes the Panhandle

  One of Northwest Florida’s largest landowners was once focused on trees for its paper mills. But over the last 25 years the St. Joe company found a new business strategy – reshaping the Panhandle.

• Miami starts celebrating 125th birthday

  The six-month celebration is co-chaired by Mayor Francis Suarez and Larry Gautier, senior vice president at NAI Miami, who is a direct descendent of one of the city’s founding families.

• Jacksonville officials, stakeholders talk riverfront development

  Jacksonville public officials held a public workshop Feb. 23 with downtown stakeholders to respond to public criticism that there’s a lack of planning for the St. Johns Riverfront.

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