People

aDrew Messer & Justin Dennis of Urban SDK

The co-Founders of Urban SDK detail the uses of aggregated data for urban planning and express how Florida plays a key role in their success.

Movers & Influencers

Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of June 22, 2022.

Beth Cicchetti of the Florida Economic Development Council

Beth Cicchetti, Executive Director of the Florida EDC, shares her love for economic development and her excitement about Florida's plan for the future.

College athletes are finding the road to early riches is not what it seems

D'Eriq King, a University of Miami quarterback, co-founded Dreamfield Sports to help connect businesses with athletes for endorsement deals.

Nancy Hogshead-Makar is a champion for women's sports

For Nancy Hogshead-Makar, sports has been an avenue for achievement and a source of healing. Florida schools' noncompliance with Title IX robs other women of those opportunities, she says.

Florida Icon: Yann Weymouth

Architect Yann Weymouth shares his secrets to successful architecture.

Remembering 'Florida Icon' Burt Reynolds

Reynolds died last week. Read his "Icon" interview here.

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People & Profiles

Florida Icon: Doretha Edgecomb

6/7/2022
I grew up in Tampa in the Jim Crow era, so I lived in a very segregated world. Even as children, we understood that. Our schoolbooks were hand-me-downs from the white schools. Back then, you got a book and there was a page in the front where everybody who used that book would write their name. By the time we got them, there was no space to write your name.
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As business screeched to a halt during pandemic, two entrepreneur brothers shifted from car sharing to insurance

5/12/2022
As they were growing up, a career in technology was never in the picture for Matthew and Michael Vega-Sanz, 26-year-old twins now running one of Miami's hottest tech startups.
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Florida Icon: Randy Wells

5/12/2022
We're at 51 years now, studying the dolphins of Sarasota Bay. When you're looking at a long-lived animal — and we've measured so far that our dolphins can live up to 67 years — having the ability to maintain continuity and consistency in how the data are collected, and getting people invested in the lives of these animals, is key...
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Publisher & Editor

Florida Ever After

6/1/2022
When you move to a state with a fairy tale castle at its center, a certain amount of magical thinking comes with the territory. Fresh out of journalism school in Arizona, I came to Florida because I wanted to be a storyteller, and no place had — and still has — better stories to be told...
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A nod to the past - and future

5/31/2022
This month's FLORIDA TREND is bittersweet for me. It is the final issue that our longtime executive editor, Mark Howard, and I are collaborating on. Mark has been an amazing leader of our editorial department for nearly three decades. His many accomplishments, awards and recognitions are a testament to his hard work. Mark's mastery of his craft has been inspirational...
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