Small industry, big impact: Florida leads U.S. mango production
Florida’s mango industry is small but influential. While the state isn’t a major producer on the world stage, it is the largest producer in the U.S., and Florida growers have developed many of the most commonly grown varieties found in stores today. Due to its small size, Florida’s mango industry focuses on “quality over quantity,” growing specialty varieties. Many operations grow a huge variety of cultivars. In fact, More from Central Florida Ag News.
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Planning a weekend trip? Gas is up by double digits in Florida
Hitting the road over the weekend for summer vacation or World Cup events? You’ll be paying an average 10 cents more a gallon in Florida to fill up the tank. The average price: $3.82 on Friday, July 10, a 6-cent increase since Monday, according to AAA. The average price for a gallon of gas across the country on Friday, July 10, according to AAA, is $3.88, a 9-cent increase since Monday. More from the Miami Herald.
Triple-digit heat is actually good news for python hunters
Contestants in this year’s Florida Python Challenge will crunch through South Florida sawgrass during one of the hottest times of the year, harried by triple-digit “feels like” temperatures during the day and steamy 80-plus degree nights. And that’s by design. It’s not a measure of hunter stamina to schedule the challenge in the peak of summer, but to take advantage of python biology. More from Florida Today.
Here’s a 1st look inside Rays’ planned Tampa ballpark. It’s eye-catching
The Tampa Bay Rays provided the first look inside the planned new $2.3 billion Tampa ballpark that would open in 2029, and it is eye-catching. What stand out most are views of the sky through the transparent fixed roof, with renderings showing fans watching the game while airplanes fly and lightning flashes overhead. The idea is to create an indoor/outdoor ballpark experience, and the Rays feel they have done so using state-of-the-art ETFE material and proprietary technology in the first-of-its-kind roof design. More from the Tampa Bay Times.
EverBank renews downtown Jacksonville lease, ending exit speculation
EverBank, one of Jacksonville’s largest commercial residents, has renewed its downtown lease. It brings about an abrupt end to the mystery that swept the city after the financial institution began exploring whether to exit downtown. “I can confirm that we have renewed our lease for space at our headquarters building on West Bay Street,” Michael Cosgrove, senior vice president of corporate communications, said in an email. “We don’t have any additional comment on the lease.” More from Jacksonville Today and the Jacksonville Business Journal.
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A chocolatier that’s been around since the 1600s is now expanding in Florida
A chocolatier founded in the 1600s and once named the confectioner of the French empire has expanded in Florida. Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier, which has a location in Palm Beach and is planning another one in Boca Raton, just opened in a sprawling shopping complex off Interstate 75 on the state’s Gulf Coast. Bissinger’s is on the first floor of The Mall at University Town Center, on the Bradenton and Sarasota border.
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