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› Winter Park seeks partner to repurpose its former library building
The city of Winter Park wants to partner on a new use of its old library building. Winter Park City Commissioners on April 13 will consider seeking proposals on how to "reimagine" the 43-year-old, 33,000-square-foot, three-story former library on nearly 2 acres at 460 E. New England Ave. The city opened a new $42 million library and events center in December.
› Tampa’s readies launch for ‘cornerstone’ infrastructure projects
Mayor Jane Castor provided a progress report Monday on a nearly $2.9 billion infrastructure effort that will unfold over the next two decades designed to replace aging water and sewage pipes and modernize streets. The PIPES project, approved by the City Council in 2019, includes more than 70 individual projects, but the mayor focused on four areas in different corners of the city that will receive comprehensive, coordinated work beginning this summer.
› CSX testing Florida-Northeast perishables market with premium intermodal service
If you buy a Florida-grown watermelon in the New York City area, there’s a good chance that it rode a CSX Transportation intermodal train from the Sunshine State to the Northeast. CSX has become the largest hauler of Florida watermelons to the Northeast thanks to a year-old experiment dubbed CSX Greenway, a premium door-to-door trailer-on-flatcar service.
› Tampa pharma maker owed Florida and Puerto Rico workers $1.9 million in pay, feds say
A Tampa-based international pharmaceutical company “missed several payrolls” in 2021, and eventually paid $1,943,241 in back pay after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, the agency announced last week. That money should have been paid to 139 workers of Romark Laboratories, an average of $13,980.15 per employee. Labor said the Wage and Hour Division investigation concerned Romark’s home base in Tampa and its Manati, Puerto Rico, facility.
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