High wage jobs
We've seen a couple of articles coming out of the economic summit of a couple weeks ago. The consultant/speaker suggested a county-established industrial park to bring higher-wage jobs into Osceola County. The associated statistics tell us that 800 high-wage jobs were created in Osceola County from 2001-2005, but the consultant says that the industrial park could support 10,000 high wage jobs. Here begins the numbers game...if we attracted 800 high-wage jobs in a 5-year period (160/year), how do we rev up the economic development machine so that we can attract, say, 1000 high-wage jobs per year to gain 10,000 high-wage jobs over a 10-year period?
Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission
The Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission (hope someone comes up with a easier acronym quickly) met for the first time yesterday. Osceola County's representative is Osceola County Commission Vice Chairman Bill Lane. Orange County has assumed the leadership of the commission, with Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer serving as chairman and Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty serving as vice chairman. Next big step? The CSX Transportation board still has to approve the sale of the tracks to Florida DOT, scheduled for a CSX board meeting in mid-September.
Seen about town
We're wondering about the display truck seen around town, as recently as today, with Commissioner Ken Smith's campaign ad on it. Is the local advertising market that bad, that they haven't had a new customer sign up for the truck, or did Commissioner Smith's campaign pay for a really long advertising contract?
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