FloridaCommerce has announced that the unemployment rate for the Jacksonville region was 3.5 percent in October 2024 – unchanged from September 2024. The industries gaining the most jobs over the year in Northeast Florida were Education and Health Services (+4,500 jobs); Mining, Logging, and Construction (+2,400 jobs). Of the 874,889 people counted as part of […]Read More
Filmmakers and actors will be in St. Augustine, Florida for the 15th annual Saint Augustine Film Festival, taking place January 9-12, 2025. Films will screen in Lewis Auditorium and Gamache-Koger Theatre, and in the Alcazar Room, part of City Hall in the historic Lightner Museum. Passes go on sale November 22 at staugfilmfest.com Forty films […]Read More
The City of Palm Coast hosted its first-ever Workforce Development Roundtable on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. This initiative brought together leaders from education, business, and government to collaborate on strategies for strengthening the local workforce and addressing the region’s talent supply chain challenges. The roundtable, led by Mayor Mike Norris and Economic Development Manager Craig […]Read More
St. Johns County commissioners recently confirmed Sara Maxfield to be the county’s economic development director, according to a media release. Maxfield has 15 years of economic and business development experience, including serving as the manager of Economic & Business Development for Riviera Beach, Florida; Director of Economic Development for the City of Delray Beach, Florida; […]Read More
While international travel remains below pre-pandemic levels, domestic visitors pushed tourism to new heights in the third quarter of 2024. According to a media release from Visit Florida, the Sunshine State’s tourism marketing arm, more than 34 million visitors traveled to the state during the July to September quarter, an increase of 1.8% over the […]Read More
While international travel remains below pre-pandemic levels, domestic visitors pushed tourism to new heights in the third quarter of 2024. According to a media release from Visit Florida, the Sunshine State’s tourism marketing arm, more than 34 million visitors traveled to the state during the July to September quarter, an increase of 1.8% over the […]Read More
While international travel remains below pre-pandemic levels, domestic visitors pushed tourism to new heights in the third quarter of 2024. According to a media release from Visit Florida, the Sunshine State’s tourism marketing arm, more than 34 million visitors traveled to the state during the July to September quarter, an increase of 1.8% over the […]Read More
Leisure activities and parks and recreation are not all fun and games. They are also big business and an economic driver for Volusia County. That was the message at the latest Volusia County Economic Development “Q” Breakfast. The event, held in the Dennis McGee Room at Daytona Beach International Airport, featured Volusia County Parks & […]Read More
Leisure activities and parks and recreation are not all fun and games. They are also big business and an economic driver for Volusia County. That was the message at the latest Volusia County Economic Development “Q” Breakfast. The event, held in the Dennis McGee Room at Daytona Beach International Airport, featured Volusia County Parks & […]Read More
Vested Metals, a raw material specialty steel and metals supplier with expertise in the medical, defense and government contracting, aerospace, industrial, energy, automotive and transportation markets, is expanding with a dedicated Sales and Service Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, according to a media release. “This new location will allow us to expand our product offering […]Read More
