More details about the Vercipia biofuels plant were revealed Tuesday when a $1.64 million Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development grant was awarded to Highlands County Department of Economic Development. ...more

January 29, 2010

Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative is hosting a workshop on business incentives. ...more

January 17, 2010

Nortrax, a chain of John Deere equipment dealers, plans to open a 60-person back-office operation near Seffner. ...more

April 9, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The state's economic development agency has approved a $3 million grant to help bring T. Rowe Price Investment Services to Pasco County. ...more

January 16, 2009

At least 34 Florida businesses would be eligible to obtain low-interest loans from the state to help them expand under a bill lawmakers passed Wednesday. ...more

January 15, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist is asking economic development leaders to help him persuade lawmakers to create a pilot program that would provide loans to growing businesses. ...more

January 7, 2009

Pasco County could offer more than $7 million in incentives to lure investment firm T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. to the Sunlake Boulevard area off State Road 54. ...more

October 31, 2008

For the first time this decade, Florida grew by fewer than 200,000 people in a year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. ...more

December 27, 2007

SEBRING — Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative completed a regional broadband study in the spring of 2007 that concluded the region is a strong candidate for the launch of a Rural Internet Service Provider. Jerry and Deanna Pollard of VistaNet are in the first phase of deploying a wireless broadband network in Hardee, Highlands and Okeechobee counties. Their plans are to extend the wireless network from coast to coast and into the Heartland. Jerry Pollard said "the feasibility study was a tremendous help in making this deployment of wireless broadband a reality." He described the study as a valuable tool in his decision making process. ...more

November 18, 2007