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Publisher's column
Business and Beyond
The title of Florida Trend's 2006 Editorial Planning Calendar -- "The Business, The Buzz, The Executives, The Lifestyle" -- gives you a good indication of what our focus will be in the coming year.
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Published on 11/1/2005
Laura Bush Applauds Teen Mentors
When Florida Trend's NEXT team got together with the Florida Mentoring Partnership to plan the first Teen Trendsetters Reading Mentor summit in 2002, we had high hopes for the new program.
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Published on 9/1/2005
Staff of Gold
We know that our journalists, artists and designers do excellent work, and our industry colleagues also appreciate that work. Again this year, our staff was honored with awards from two important organizations: The American Society of Business Publication
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Published on 8/1/2005
The Heat Is On
While many of you are planning your summer vacations, we here at Florida Trend are entering our busy season.
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Published on 7/1/2005
Startups and Standouts
Small businesses are the heartbeat of Florida's economy, and we enthusiastically recognize that fact each year by publishing Florida Small Business magazine.
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Published on 6/1/2005
Extra, Extra, Read All About It
Florida Trend introduces a new monthly feature called SF extra.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Daytona International Speedway Sets a New Pace
Even if you're not a fan of racing, the transformation of Daytona International Speedway over the past 50 years is a fascinating story that shows how a company that invented a sport can reinvent itself for the future.
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Published on 4/1/2005
Recommended Without Reservations
Like most people, you probably have your own list of "best restaurants" -- the places you depend on for an extra special meal, to celebrate with family and friends, to entertain clients, to recommend to others.
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Published on 3/1/2005
To Your Health
As many of you know from your personal experiences with health insurance, hospitals or prescriptions, expenditures for healthcare just keep going up. Industry analysts report that healthcare spending in the United States is growing faster than the gross d
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Published on 2/1/2005
Showcasing Technology
Enterprise Florida began last year to develop a Technology Entrepreneurship Resource Database. It's a great start toward the statewide goal of building a network of support for Florida's burgeoning life sciences cluster.
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Published on 1/1/2005
Trends Look Good for a Strong 2005
For five years, Florida Trend has interviewed the state's top executives with questions about how they see the economy, business climate and workplace issues.
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Published on 12/1/2004
Focus on Florida
Charley, Frances and Ivan put Florida squarely in the national news focus over the past few weeks, and as I write this column, the end of hurricane season seems a long way off.
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Published on 10/1/2004
Van's the Man
It wasn't a big surprise when I heard that my longtime friend Van Poole had agreed to be the "entree" at an upcoming roast.
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Published on 9/1/2004
Cookin' on All Burners
Early last month, I spent two days in northeast Florida. While there I spoke at the Clay County Economic Development Council's quarterly lunch in Orange Park and realized what a wise decision the council made in hiring Kellie Jo Kilberg as its director la
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Published on 6/1/2004
