Florida Business News

• Manufacturing in Florida isn’t dead. Far from it.

  Florida has never relied as much on manufacturing as other states, but the state’s 20,600 manufacturing businesses still make everything from yachts to food flavorings to fire suppression equipment.

• Florida’s building code doesn’t take sea rise into account. That could change this year

  The last time the Florida building code changed, it required any new construction along the coast to elevate buildings a whole foot. Just three years later, that doesn’t look like enough.

Orlando City Council has concerns with scooter plan, but vote to move it forward

Orlando commissioners plowed forward with a pilot plan to allow electric scooters in the city while lodging worries about their safety and the potential for clutter.

Selby Gardens a ‘cautionary tale’ for other institutions that want to expand

Sarasota city commissioners’ decision last week to reject Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ controversial redevelopment plans caused other arts and cultural institutions to take notice.

Production is coming back to the former home of Telemundo Studios after a $5.65M sale

A company that packages and distributes coffee bought the former Telemundo Studios. And it’s one of several stakeholders helping bring video production activity back into the space.

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