April 24, 2024
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St. Petersburg sits along Tampa Bay, on the eastern edge of the Pinellas County peninsula. St. Petersburg Beach is eight miles due west across the peninsula, on the Gulf.
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Published on 4/28/2021
Orchard helps seniors navigate the COVID-19 vaccination process
“When the vaccine came out, everyone was struggling,” says Ming Yang, founder and CEO of Orchard. “There was a frantic feeling of trying to win a lottery ticket.”
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Published on 4/28/2021
Piper Aircraft has sold nearly 60 of its self-landing turboprops
In an emergency, the tech can be activated to take over control of the aircraft...
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Published on 4/28/2021
A Lake County grower is helping hemp gain a foothold in Central Florida
For decades, Jammie Treadwell's family operated a foliage and tropical plant nursery in Lake County.
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Published on 4/28/2021
Transportation updates from around the state
Monroe County officials are moving forward with a planned upgrade of concourse A at Key West International Airport.
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Published on 4/28/2021
Ports in Pensacola and Panama City report robust business
Despite the economic and logistical challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak, Northwest Florida's two maritime ports continue to post solid growth in both revenue and cargo tonnage.
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Published on 4/28/2021
Evolution of Florida's COVID-19 care
When the first wave of COVID-19 cases began hitting Florida hospitals in March 2020, there wasn't a lot providers could offer beyond supportive care...
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Published on 3/29/2021
It's easier to greenlight hospitals, but new building lags
Florida removed a regulatory dam known as a certificate of need that blocked new hospitals.
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Published on 3/29/2021
SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month
While a student in Florida Atlantic University's executive MBA program, Jonathan Beskin was attracted to businesses...
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Published on 3/29/2021
Caloosahatchee Connect pipeline project benefits water quality
Fort Myers and Cape Coral are embarking on a joint project intended to help both cities.
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Published on 3/29/2021
O2O - connecting the Ocala and Osceola national forests
When President Jim McCarthy joined the North Florida Land Trust in 2014, the non-profit conservation organization had a $233,000 budget and a staff of three...
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Published on 3/29/2021
OUC's clean energy plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
Clint Bullock has worked at the Orlando Utilities Commission — Florida's second-largest municipal utility — for more than three decades.
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Published on 3/29/2021
Florida's opioid crisis has intensified amid the pandemic
As attention turned to the pandemic early last year, the opioid crisis largely fell out of the news. But it didn't go away. In fact, it has grown worse.
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Published on 3/29/2021
Florida hospitals face a cash crunch from COVID
During the first week of March in 2020, Sarasota Memorial Hospital was treating a record number of patients...
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Published on 3/29/2021
Florida Icon: Richard Bowers
Richard Bowers shares his memories of coaching and growing up in a different era...
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Published on 3/29/2021
FAMU-FSU assistant professor receives grant to study robots
FAMU-FSU assistant professor Christian Hubicki received $750,000 from the Toyota Research Institute...
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Published on 3/29/2021
COVID death rates in Florida: The numbers
The most reliable statistic for the pandemic's impact on a given county is its mortality rate...
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Published on 3/29/2021
A Stronger Foundation
One of the things that I am most proud of at Florida Trend is our team's desire to constantly evolve.
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Published on 3/29/2021
An Overdose of Bureaucracy
Florida's medical system displays a disconnect between care and customer service.
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Published on 3/29/2021
Miami City Council approves a more pedestrian/bicycle-friendly street design
Last fall, the Miami City Council approved a design to make streets in the 50-block Wynwood arts district more pedestrian-and-bicycle-friendly.
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Published on 3/29/2021
Florida financial planner's post-COVID-19 investment advice
Calling a year like 2020 a “free look” period, Michelle Barron advises her clients to examine their losses in early 2020 and adjust their portfolio if the figures were distressing.
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Published on 3/29/2021
SunDial helps businesses optimize power consumption
The technology also allows users to monitor lifetime energy savings and emission reductions as well as create simulations for...
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Published on 3/1/2021
Ocean Insight's technology is used across an array of industries
Mike Morris, an oceanographer and serial entrepreneur, co-founded Ocean Optics in 1989 after he and a team of researchers...
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Published on 3/1/2021
UF Health Cancer Center chosen PanCAN trial
Precision Promise is innovative in two ways, says Dr. Thomas George, director of the GI oncology...
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Published on 3/1/2021
Talking Politics
I think we can all agree that the challenges our country faced previously have not gone away.
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Published on 3/1/2021
