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09/26/2025

Top of the South—again! 🏆 is proud to be the No. 1 Public College in the South for the fifth straight year, No. 3 Best Value Public College, and ranked among the top 30 Public Engineering Programs without a Ph.D.

Our students, faculty, and staff are leading the way in STEM. 👏

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nVwpG

09/26/2025

▶️ Check out the top stories on this week’s Business Beat:
🏛️ Local governments challenge state tax review efforts
💼 FL’s business rent tax repeal saves firms $1.15B
🐝 Beekeepers double since 2012; 5K statewide
📚 78.4% bar exam pass rate; UF & JU exceed 90%
🌳 Sept 27 is National Public Lands Day
➡️ Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3E6lt7z

09/25/2025

🔋 Large-scale batteries for solar energy storage are coming to the Panhandle.
➡️ More from Carlton Proctor.

Large-scale batteries for solar energy storage are coming to the Panhandle.

09/25/2025

🏆 Congratulations to Florida Trend's hashtag for the week of Sept. 24, 2025: https://bit.ly/424IyAc Suncoast Credit Union Nova Southeastern University Foundations to Healing

09/25/2025

📰 New Viewpoints episode! Neil Brown, president of the Poynter Institute, shares insights on the organization’s history, lists the media center’s aims and functions and extends an invitation to this year’s Bowtie Ball.
➡️ See the full conversation.

September 24, 2025 Neil Brown, president of the Poynter Institute, details the organization’s history, lists the media center’s aims and functions, and extends an invitation to this year’s Bowtie Ball.

09/24/2025

💡 From predicting storms to protecting brains, see how Florida researchers are pushing the boundaries of discovery!
➡️ Read more in this in-depth feature by managing editor, Mike Brassfield: bit.ly/4noywCI

From storm modeling to concussion prevention, Florida researchers are pushing boundaries across disciplines.

09/23/2025

🏗️ Plans for a $300M University of Florida grad campus in Jacksonville's LaVilla neighborhood are in the works.

Jacksonville / Gainesville / St. Augustine

09/23/2025

🚁 Who’s ready for sky-high shopping?
💡 Walmart is teaming up with Wing to bring drone delivery to Orlando and Tampa within a year!

Orlando / Daytona Beach / Melbourne / Titusville

09/22/2025

📉 New real estate trend sweeping the nation: sellers pulling homes off market with South Florida leading the way.
🏡 In July, nearly 6 out of 10 listings in Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach were removed, according to Realtor.com.
📊 Dive into the full Florida housing market roundup!

A weekly alert that contains in-depth news, information, insight and analysis on the most critical real estate related issues and topics facing Florida.

09/22/2025

🌟 National Public Lands Day is right around the corner!
📅 On Sept. 27, celebrate and give back. See how Florida parks like Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum are participating and sign up to volunteer.

September 22, 2025The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse in Palm Beach County will host volunteers on National Public Lands Day.Around Florida (Statewide)Guardians of GreenBrittney J. Miller | 9/9/2025 Florida boasts more than 12 million acres of public land, coating around a third of the state. That includes...

09/19/2025

🔋 Recently, Optimus Energy Solutions partnered with the City of Winter Park to provide EV chargers to their residents and visitors in key areas of the city. From the new Winter Park Library to the upscale Park Avenue District, nearly 30 EV chargers are available for use throughout the city.

🔌 In this arrangement, the city provided the parking spaces for EV chargers. We paid for the installation, the maintenance, and the operations of all EV chargers in the city.

⚡ This model can be replicated throughout the state as a way to meet the demands of your customers, your residents and your visitors.

✳️ Read more to see how the Optimus Energy Solutions program works: bit.ly/4205AZ7

September 19, 2025OES Winter Park Mobility HubSponsored ReportMeet the Demand for EV Charging without Government Subsidies | 9/1/2025 Mt. Dora, Fla. – It’s been more than a decade since the first businesses in Florida understood they needed to offer EV charging as an amenity for their customers....

09/19/2025

🌊 From world traveler to industry leader: Roger Moore built Fort Lauderdale’s Nautical Ventures into a $100M boat dealership.

🚤 This year, Boating Industry named it Dealer of the Year. In June, Moore sold the company to Montreal-based Vision Marine Technologies — bringing new capital to weather high inventory and rising rates.

Fort Lauderdale / West Palm Beach / Boca Raton / Hollywood / Port St. Lucie