One of Florida's biggest open spaces--the massive property in east-central Florida owned by the Mormon Church--is opening itself to development. Plans envision more than 200,000 homes, 25,000 hotel rooms, 100 million square feet of commercial space and a network of toll roads. The Big Picture How ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Ranchland to Rooftops
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Germ Fighter
Justin Zhou worries about germs everywhere, including on athletic equipment like batting helmets. "There's no really good way to treat it," says Zhou, president and cofounder of Blue Wave. BlueWave, which operates out of the Innovation Hub at the University of Florida, says it has developed ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Fried Potatoes: Potatoes Might Not Be in the Future for One Award-Winning Potato Farm
Shortly after Alan Jones and his family established a potato farm in northern Manatee County in the late 1980s, Jones started hearing that fertilizer runoff from farms near the coast might be contributing to red tide, the fish-killing, toxic algae blooms that plague the Gulf of Mexico. "It didn't ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Wilson Bradshaw: (Former President of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers; Age 71)
* Man, we were building buildings. We were adding programs. I likened my job at FGCU to building a jetliner while flying it at 30,000 feet. * When I talk to young people today, and I tell them about attending segregated schools when I was growing up in West Palm Beach, they kind of gasp, and I joke ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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7 Smart Reasons for Your Payroll Clients to Use Time Clocks
7 Smart Reasons for Your Payroll Clients to Use Time Clocks Looking to enhance your payroll offering? There's no better way than placing time clocks in your clients' businesses. Time clocks are simple to implement; in many cases they integrate with your current payroll software. They also provide ... (Publication: CPA Practice Advisor)
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Outside Influences: Chefs from New York and Abroad Are Stepping Up Their Presence in Miami
When they say, "the New Yorkers are coming" in Miami these days, they're talking about famous chefs and foods from the Big Apple, not tourists. This year's crop of imports is especially large. Longtime celebrity chefs like Jean-George Vongerichten and Geoffrey Zakarian have arrived along with fresh ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Reaching New Heights
"THE UNIVERSITY IS ON AN AMAZING TRAJECTORY, DRIVEN BY CAPABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPAN EVERY COLLEGE, AT EVERY CAMPUS. THERE IS INCREDIBLE CAPACITY TO BUILD INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS AT FAU, TEAMS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL IMPACT ON THE STATE AND THE NATION." Jason Hallstrom, ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Neuroscience Pillar
No Florida university has been as well sited to take advantage of the state's massive investment in out-of-state life science research organizations as Florida Atlantic University. Rather than pump the money into its own public universities, Florida chose, beginning in 2003, to lay out hundreds of ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Analysis Breakthrough
Here's the problem in chemical testing for medical labs, coroners and environmental scientists: Analyzing a substance--blood on a towel, for example, means separating it from the sample, and that takes time, solvents and expensive equipment. At Florida International University, Kenneth Furton, ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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National Science Foundation
* The NSF is a federal agency that supports research and education involving science and engineering in non-medical fields. The numbers below reflect grants received since January 2017. * 40--Number of Florida institutions receiving NSF grants in 2017 * $128 million--Total amount of NSF funding to ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Autistic Students: Unlocking Potential
Every year, about 16,000 people diagnosed with autism head off to higher education. Roughly one in three pursues a degree in science, technology, engineering or math. Unfortunately, people on the autistic spectrum often don't do well in college or in employment. Florida State University College of ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Flipped Discs: Lake County Taps Niche Sports to Capitalize on Its Abundance of Land
With a population of fewer than 350,000 people, Lake County doesn't have the resources to compete against Disney World or even neighboring Seminole County when it comes to sports offerings. To build its own sports-tourism business, the county has tried to find niche sports in which it can stand ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Duke Energy's Annual Shareholder Meeting
Speaking at Duke Energy's annual shareholder meeting in May, CEO Lynn Good said the company will invest $11 billion to generate more electricity from natural gas and renewables. "By retiring coal plants and bringing on more natural gas and renewables, we have already reduced our carbon emissions by ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Rooftop Solar
At Encore, a new $450-million downtown Tampa urban renewal project, solar panels have been installed on three of four residential buildings in a public housing complex and will be installed on the fourth building this year. The rooftop solar arrays are expected to produce enough energy to cover ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Bing Runs Our of Energy
In 2011, Bing Energy, a fuel-cell technology startup, moved from Chino, Calif., to Tallahassee, planning to create 250 jobs. The company was based on research by Florida State University professor Jian Peng Zheng, who had worked with "buckypaper," a thin yet strong conductive material, to make ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Supply Side: A Gainesville Company Supplies Natural Gas to Utilities in 15 States-And Is Pushing for Deregulation in Florida's Electric Power Markets
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the federal government restructured the regulations governing the operators of interstate natural gas pipelines. The changes meant that gas customers no longer had to purchase gas from the pipeline operator. They could buy directly from gas producers or ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Health Care Discoveries for the Modern Age: Nova Southeastern University's Center for Collaborative Research Sits at the Leading Edge of Life-Saving and Market-Changing Medical Research for the Fort Lauderdale University and Its Partners
NSU Researchers to Tackle Sarcoma Researchers around the world are investigating ways to effectively train immune cells, including natural killer (NK) cells, to target specific types of tumors. NK cells represent a form of immunotherapy that is potentially a less toxic and more effective way to ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Swimming in Plastic
Many Floridians know about plastic pollution in the ocean. What they may not know is that it's also a problem in most of Florida's streams, rivers and coastal waters. Just how big a problem is hard to tell. Since large-scale production of petroleum-based plastics began in the early 1950s, ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Mining Jobs: A Phosphate-Mining Project Promises Jobs and Draws Opposition
Last year, a group of four landowners formed a company called HPS Enterprises and filed applications to establish a phosphate mining operation on 3,600 acres in Union County and 3,800 acres in Bradford. HPS--formed by members of the Hazen, Howard, Pritchett and Shadd families, who say they've lived ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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Crop Shift: Miami-Dade Farmers Have Turned to Ornamental Plants and Trees
Along with Miami-Dade County's metropolitan distinctions is another, less urban: The county ranks first in Florida in the production of ornamental plants and No. 2 nationwide in plant and tree nurseries. Once, Miami-Dade was a center for farming vegetables, especially tomatoes. But after the North ... (Publication: Florida Trend)
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