Ryan NicolMay 22, 2019
6min402
"Poverty is bad for your health."
Tag: Florida Chamber Foundation
Ryan NicolMay 22, 2019Ryan NicolMay 22, 2019
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"The neighborhood has really bought into us now."
Ryan NicolMay 22, 2019
6min534
"If someone's hungry, you can't really re-tool them in their trade."
Ryan NicolMay 22, 2019
5min527
"This is about the path forward."
Drew WilsonJanuary 24, 2019
3min413
Economic uncertainty topped the list for the first time in nearly three years.
Drew WilsonJanuary 18, 2019
5min350
"There are some really talented potential employees just waiting for an opportunity.”
Scott PowersJanuary 14, 2019
8min233
Florida’s economy might not be booming as robustly in 2019 as the past couple of years but talk nationwide of a possible recession this year probably won’t slow the state down too much. That’s the theme of the economic forecasts presented Monday morning at the Florida Chamber Foundation’s Economic Outlook and Jobs Summit in Orlando, with […]
Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2018
6min436
Think about it. Florida is already the third largest state in America and we’re growing by over 1,000 new residents every day. We have 21 million residents and we’ll grow by 5 million more by 2030. By then, we’ll have 3 million more drivers on our roads, 50 million more visitors and we’ll need 20 […]
Guest AuthorJuly 25, 2018
5min473
Florida’s economy continues breaking records. Just a few days ago Florida’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) topped $1 trillion, the chief economist with the Florida Chamber Foundation announced. This means that if Florida was an independent country, our $1 trillion economy would rank us as the 17th largest economy in the world and ahead of countries […]
Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2017
5min513
At an anti-poverty conference, state Sen. Jeff Brandes said that, if possible, he thinks it could be beneficial for the Legislature to work on policies that encourage millennials to marry before having children, though he acknowledged that’s unlikely to occur. “The regulatory effects from that would be game-changing,” the St. Petersburg Republican said during the […]