...just not the one you're in.
The WayneWho corporate research specialist recently stumbled across Business Facilities magazine, which had "Florida Business Report" across the top of the cover. Intrigued, we read the article titled "Biomedical Momentum in Florida's High Tech Corridor."
We learned that the Florida High Tech Corridor is a 23-county region in Central Florida, overseen by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC). So we went out to their website, http://www.floridahightech.com/, to see how Osceola County was participating in this effort to attract high-paying professional jobs. We clicked on Council Members...nope, no one there looks like they're from Osceola. Corridor Partners...don't see much there either. Corridor Counties...oh, thank goodness, we show up on the map. But if you click on Osceola, the server returns a "the page cannot be found" error.
So back to the article. Next we learn that Lake Nona is going to be the crown jewel of biomedical research in the Orlando area, and they have an organization called bioOrlando, which appears to both be trying to drive that development and is also the umbrella name for the "biomedical hub" or "medical city." So off to http://www.bioorlando.com/ we go.
We learn that bioOrlando is a council or subsidiary of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission. We click on the Membership link and don't really get a conclusive list of anything. Entering "Osceola" into the search field just sends you back to the site's home page.
At this point, we're starting to remember Scott Maxwell's note in his column about the 25 most powerful people in the Orlando metro area and how there was no one from Osceola (or some of the other local counties) on the list.
Finally, we read a sidebar in the article, with no source noted. According to the sidebar, Florida's targeted industries are: Life sciences, information technology, aviation/aerospace, homeland security/defense, financial/professional services, and manufacturing.
How many of those target industries have shown up as "wins" in Osceola County. For that matter, how many companies do we have in the area that are involved in those industries? Um, but wait, we have...oh no, they downsized.
For the candidates who are running in this fall's election, especially those at the county level who are talking about how we are going to leverage Lake Nona to benefit Osceola County, we look forward to hearing from you on how you plan to do that. Maybe the groups above can help you out.
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The local governments do not know what to do about economic development. They have no clue. Economic development actually works against the "Bedroom" mentality they have worked so hard to build. The bedroom community idea might have worked if MetroPlan and FDOT would have held up their end of the bargain and built the roads need to take people in and out of the community everyday, but the money and the roads went to Orlando with out a peep from our elected officials. We need people who understand the new economy and what it takes to create one in a community like ours. These people need to go.
Look at who we have running so far for the county, and then realize this is not going to get any better. The districts that are up for election this year are offering no one with any ideas on what to do. I fear that Osceola County is only going to continue to slip backwards.
To anonymous who doesn't like anyone that's running for the County seats:
Why don't you run if you think you can do any better!
You know how to complain, but do you have anything positive to add?
I wonder if you even tkaje yourself to the voting booth?
That is a stupid comment. Some of us contribute to our communities in other ways. The sad part is most of us have to work harder to fix the mistakes of the politicians.
And I always "tkaje" myself to the voting booth. I am just tired on voting for pretend republicans!
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