Integrity Florida report questions Enterprise Florida’s fairness

Integrity Florida report questions Enterprise Florida’s fairness Integrity Florida will release a report this morning questioning Enterprise Florida’s performance over the past 16 years and whether it’s fairly picking business partners. Dan Krassner, executive director of Integrity Florida said Enterprise Florida has failed to meet the goals it set to achieve when the state’s public-private…

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Brand showcases Florida’s status and reputation as a super-state for business

Brand showcases Florida’s status and reputation as a super-state for business (TALLAHASSEE, FL) January 31, 2013 – Today, Enterprise Florida (EFI) and Governor Rick Scott unveiled Florida’s first-ever business brand in front of EFI’s board of directors and key stakeholders. The brand reflects the state’s existing business foundation, economic power, capabilities and resources, all of…

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FPL’s economic development team to offer hands on training for local economic development organizations

We would like to highlight Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) presentation at the Stakeholders Council meeting regarding the launching of their new Resource Center website for EDO’s across the state: www.poweringflorida.com<http://www.poweringflorida.com> FPL’s economic development team will be traveling around the state in the coming months to offer hands on training for local economic development organizations.…

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Redevelopment brings benefits, questions

The Volusia County Council seems likely to cast a weary and skeptical eye on any further requests for Community Redevelopment Areas, or CRAs. A CRA takes new property-tax revenue from a blighted area and pours it into improvements. That diverts new property-tax revenue from Volusia County government and some other taxing districts, causing controversy through…

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