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📰 Our October issue is here!

Inside this month:
🏗️ Who Will Build Florida? The state's historic growth depends on a workforce that's getting older and smaller.
📈 State of Growth: From rural revivals to semiconductors, economic development initiatives are boosting regional industries across Florida.
🪙 Coin Flip: Advocates say Florida's stablecoin payment legislation will help the cryptocurrency industry evolve.
🗳️ A Taxing Question: What Amendment 3 would change for Florida's property tax system, who would benefit and what's at stake.

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They say things come in threes, and apparently that applies to organ concerts too.

Orlando has three coming up in the next few days: a Halloween treat, the delayed performance by organist Richard Elliott and a visit from the duo of Elizabeth and Raymond Chenault. The catch? Two of them take place at the same time. The good news? Each concert is free.

Which one would you pick?

Via the Orlando Sentinel.

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Developers of the $310 million Reverb by Hard Rock Hotel project in downtown Pensacola have withdrawn their request for a $58 million tax rebate and confirmed the project would move forward without it.

Earlier this year, they told Mayor D.C. Reeves the project would not move forward without the rebate. The city rejected the initial application as "incomplete."

Planned for Community Maritime Park, the waterfront project includes a 12-story, 147-room hotel and a 16-story, 247-unit apartment complex. No start date has been announced.

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City code inspectors have cited The Club at Brickell Bay, one of Miami's largest condominiums, for operating as a hotel, part of an effort to shut down hundreds of short-term vacation rentals at the Brickell tower.

The citation for unpermitted use was mailed to the condo association board and its attorney on Tuesday night. If board members fail to comply within 10 days, they would be summoned to a Code Enforcement Board hearing, tentatively scheduled for Dec. 9 at City Hall, where they could be fined as much as $5,000 per day.

Should condo buildings allow short-term rentals?

Via the Miami Herald.

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Walk into Kissimmee's Old Town and banners hanging from lampposts convey the vibes of its groovy scene: 40 Years of Quirky Cool.

The retro-themed, open-air entertainment and shopping district sits in the heart of the city's tourism corridor, centered around a brick-covered boulevard lined with dozens of shops, restaurants and bars, many unique to Old Town. But now, it's the future of the 18-acre site that's on everybody's mind.

What's your favorite Old Town memory?

Via the Orlando Sentinel.

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Alzo Reddick was elected class president in 1948 at Holden Street Elementary, the first elementary school for Black students in Orlando.

He went on to become the first Black man to teach at Winter Park High School and the first Black administrator at Rollins College.

As a state representative from 1982 to 2000, he was behind Florida's Juneteenth legislation and fought to save Orlando's historic Wells'Built Hotel.

"America is hard and sometimes unfair, but there are no obstacles in America that cannot be beaten."

Photos: Norma Lopez Molina; "Rollins College Campus" by Rizka / CC BY-SA 4.0 / via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Imperial Moto café is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the hottest part of town, Miami's Little River neighborhood. But its beginnings were humble.

When the café opened, the district was made up of mostly warehouses and was something of a retail ghost town. Today, Little River is home to some of Miami's most popular restaurants, including Sunny's Steakhouse, the sprawling new Fooq's, Bar Bucce from the Macchialina team, Michelin-starred Ogawa and Michelin Bib Gourmand La Natural.

Via the Miami Herald.

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Invasive lobular carcinoma, a subtype of breast cancer, can be harder to spot on imaging than most breast cancers. It has been rising about 3% a year, and Dr. Simon Blanc of Broward Health Medical Center says the most likely reason is better detection.

Pairing a mammogram with an ultrasound has picked up 13% more cases, and in its early stages, it's curable.

"Every woman age 40 and above should get a mammogram once a year," Blanc says.

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After Sunday's win, Rays designated hitter Yandy Diaz predicted Tampa Bay would wrap up the American League Championship Series in Game 6 on Monday. There was even chatter the Guardians put a copy of the quote in each player's locker.

Diaz proved right. The Rays won 7-3 and are headed to the World Series, starting Friday night in Milwaukee.
Who else called it?

Via the Tampa Bay Times.

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Relativity Space plans to expand its presence at Cape Canaveral, including a production facility for its 284-foot Terran R rocket.

The launch vehicle and rocket engine manufacturer's plans include thousands of high-paying jobs by the mid-2030s. Space Florida, a state agency, will provide financing for the $350 million project.

What would thousands of new aerospace jobs mean for Central Florida?

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A pair of new projectors arrived this summer at Maitland's nonprofit Enzian Theater, the independent art house cinema that presents the annual Florida Film Festival. They make Enzian one of only a handful of theaters across Florida capable of regularly showing 70mm movies.

One of them is a refurbished 1961 Victoria 8 dual-gauge projector from Cinemeccanica, the legendary Italian manufacturer of motion-picture equipment founded in 1920.

"I just dream of playing 'La Dolce Vita' or other Fellini films in here," Wade Neal says.

What movie would you most want to see on 70mm?

Via the Orlando Sentinel.

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