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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📰 Our October issue is out! Inside this month: 🏗️ Who Will Build Florida? 📈 State of Growth 🪙 Coin Flip 🗳️ A Taxing Question ➡️ Explore the digital issue & subscribe today: bit.ly/3hkdN5P #Construction #Cryptocurrency #FloridaTrend

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ocean tech company DEEP has deployed a "subsea human habitat" 56 feet deep in the Florida Keys, where up to four researchers can spend five days on the ocean floor. #FloridaTrend #FloridaKeys #MarineScience

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Waterbeds peaked and went into a precipitous decline. Keith Koenig and his late brother, Kevin, reinvented Waterbed City as City Furniture, which became City Home this year. #FloridaTrend #FloridaIcon #Retail

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cleaner hydrogen peroxide has stumped scientists for years. Researchers at UCF may have found the key. #FloridaTrend #HydrogenPeroxide #Semiconductors #Nanotechnology #UCFResearch #UCF

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jimmy Buffett planned his estate. Yet his widow and his longtime business advisor are now in court. Who would you trust to control your family's money after you're gone? #FloridaTrend #JimmyBuffett #EstatePlanning #WealthTransfer

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Florida has about 255,000 EVs on the road, second only to California. But Optimus Energy Solutions founder Ben Pauluhn says building chargers moves at the speed of local bureaucrats and utility timelines. #FloridaTrend #EVCharging #ElectricVehicles

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Daniel Kleinman left ocean robotics to build Seaworthy Collective, a Miami nonprofit backing blue-tech founders. 111 entrepreneurs, 57 startups, $34M raised, in a sector that gets under 1% of global funding. #FloridaTrend #BlueTech #Miami

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

FPL set a goal for 62% clean power by 2035. Its own filing now projects just 42%, with a solar buildout spanning about 127 square miles, more than Orlando. FPL says it's designing sites to avoid wetlands. #FloridaTrend #FloridaEnergy #SolarEnergy

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shawn Cutter grew up in Ohio's Amish country, a sixth-generation farmer. Now he's reimagining what a data center campus can look like. #FloridaTrend #DataCenters #Sustainability #Energy #Tampa

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Owner Sunbeam and developer Stiles broke ground on 125-acre Miramar Cove, a $1-billion project that includes a swimmable 5.5-acre water basin fronted by dining, retail, entertainment, and a fountain show. #FloridaTrend #RealEstate #SouthFlorida #Miramar #Florida

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#Florida celebrates founding of St. Augustine, the country's oldest continuously occupied European settlement. It predates Jamestown by 42 years and the Pilgrims' Plymouth Rock arrival by 55. www.floridatrend.com/regions/arou... via @floridatrend.bsky.social

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History Remembered

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On Sept. 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés defeated a French settlement and claimed the land for Spain, naming it St. Augustine in honor of the Catholic saint. The city is now considered the country's oldest continuously occupied settlement. #FloridaTrend #StAugustine #FloridaHistory

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Connecting the Corridor: A state-supported land conservation effort is trying to save remaining #Florida green spaces before development creeps in. www.floridatrend.com/feature/2026... via @floridatrend.bsky.social

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Connecting the Corridor

A state-supported land conservation effort is trying to save Florida’s remaining green spaces before development creeps in.

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Florida is racing to protect its last wild land before developers get there first. The corridor still needs 8 million acres protected, and funding hasn't kept pace. #FloridaTrend #FloridaWildlifeCorridor #LandConservation #Florida #Sustainability

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#Florida cattle producers are competing for land in one of the fastest-growing areas of the country. Development drives up surrounding land values, taxes and operating costs. www.midfloridanewspapers.com/sumter_sun_t... h/t @floridatrend.bsky.social

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Understanding the Cattle Industry

This is the first week in a series that the Sumter Sun Times is publishing on the cattle industry – what issues they’re facing and why, what consumers and the

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📰 Our September issue is out! Inside this month: 🌱 Connecting the Corridor: saving FL green spaces ⚖️ Wastin' Away: the Buffett estate fight 🌊 Mote's Big Move: a new aquarium 🔐 Breakthroughs: cybersecurity's next move ➡️ Explore the digital issue: bit.ly/3hkdN5P #FloridaBusiness #FloridaTrend

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

He launched a whiskey brand during COVID, landed Sam's Club in 6 months, and used the proceeds to fund STEM scholarships in Jacksonville. #FloridaNEXT #NextGen #FAMU

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#Florida company Soilcea is preparing to supply more than 300,000 citrus trees based on UF tech for CarriCea T1, an HLB-resistant rootstock designed to help growers combat citrus greening. www.freshplaza.com/north-americ... h/t @floridatrend.bsky.social

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Florida growers order 300,000 HLB-resistant citrus trees

Florida company Soilcea is preparing to supply more than 300,000 citrus trees based on University of Florida technology following U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval of CarriCea T1,…

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

He started at $18K a year, sweating in the field. Now Tony Massey runs a $411M pest control empire. @masseyservices.com #FloridaTrend #FloridaBusiness #Profile

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A new study from University of #Florida researchers floats the idea that Florida-grown coffee could someday become a viable specialty crop. dailycoffeenews.com/2026/08/26/f... h/t @floridatrend.bsky.social

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Florida-Grown Coffee Gets Its First Serious Field Test

A new University of Florida-led study finds early promise and significant challenges for arabica coffee grown in South Florida.

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Brazil's Link School of Business is opening a "Founders College" in Coral Gables this month. $98,000 in tuition to learn to build and scale companies as an undergrad. #FloridaTrend #MiamiDade #Entrepreneurship

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nemours launched one of the nation's first pediatric hospital-at-home programs in Florida. Since June 2025: 360-plus patients, 600+ hospital days returned to families, 73% fewer readmissions. #FloridaTrend #HealthCare #Florida

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Florida's first "supertall" is almost done. 100 stories. $668M construction loan. A 1,003-ton pendulum at the top to stop it from swaying. #FloridaTrend #Construction #MiamiRealEstate

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A UF researcher is using harmless viruses to deliver healthy genes to the eye — and early trials showed a 10,000-fold vision improvement in LCA1 patients. #FloridaTrend #GeneTherapy #UFHealth

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Related Group is one of Florida's most prolific developers. Its founder says profit was never what motivated him. #FloridaTrend #FloridaIcon #MiamiRealEstate #Miami #FloridaBusiness

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Florida has 400,000+ kids with mental health needs; about half can't access care, and the wait can exceed a year. The FIU Center for Children and Families has been working to change that since 2010. #FloridaTrend #HealthCare #MentalHealth

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Haddy started 3D-printing furniture in St. Pete. Now it builds for Disney, defense, and maritime, with around 30 contracts and expansion sites under consideration across the U.S. #FloridaTrend #Technology #3DPrinting

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

USF Credit Union is doing something most financial institutions won't: banking Florida's cannabis industry. #FloridaTrend #CreditUnions #FloridaBusiness #CannabisIndustry #Florida

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A chemical engineer who worked in Kentucky bourbon distilleries moved to Florida, became the state's first female master distiller, and won a Discovery Channel show. What cocktail would you want to see her create next? #FloridaTrend #CraftSpirits #CraftSpirits #StPetersburg #WomenInBusiness

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

One operator. Four driverless tractors. 238 acres a day — vs. 45 for a single human driver. U.S. Sugar's autonomous tractor program near Clewiston is delivering results no one expected. #FloridaTrend #Agriculture #AgTech

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Florida's Best Companies to Work For have been named. See which employers across the state are leading on workplace culture, flexibility, and retention. Which companies on this list are on your radar for talent or partnerships? #FloridaTrend #BestCompaniesToWorkFor #Florida #FloridaBusiness

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Paul Tash: Marshall Scholar. Law degree at Edinburgh. Never practiced. Spent decades running the Tampa Bay Times, chaired the Poynter board, published Florida Trend. Now teaching journalism ethics at Duke. #FloridaTrend #FloridaIcon #Journalism

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📰 Our August issue is here! 🏗️ Florida's first supertall high-rise is coming. 🐛 The CEO of Orlando's $411M pest control giant on leadership and legacy. 🏢 The WeWork founder's second act targets South Florida. ⚖️ The office is back. Flexibility remains key. #FloridaBusiness #FloridaTrend

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Florida's military drone boats are ready. Washington hasn't pulled the trigger yet. Florida writer Mike Vogel on the companies banking on drone vessels, and the federal indecision standing in their way. #FloridaTrend #Defense #Drones

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Florida cut its film incentives. Now most "Florida-based" shows film in Georgia or the Caribbean. One independent production is filming the state's most beloved novel here anyway. #FloridaTrend #FilmFlorida #ALandRemembered

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bangkok-based Minor Hotels is bringing its first U.S. Anantara-branded development to Miami. The 50-story tower opens in 2030 with condos, resort units, and hotel suites. #FloridaTrend #RealEstate #Florida

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Two college friends turned Miami Beach's transit problem into a 2-million-rider-a-year business. Now Freebee is replacing bus routes across Florida and expanding nationally. #FloridaTrend #NextGen #Florida

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

AI adoption inside Florida's credit unions is accelerating faster than many executives expected. Loyalty Credit Union's chatbot has handled 18,000+ calls without a human transfer. Suncoast's AI voice agent Emma now calls members before they miss a payment. #FloridaTrend #CreditUnions #AI

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Nominations are NOW being accepted for Florida Trend's Legal Elite NOTABLE Women Leaders in Law list. We're looking to recognize women attorneys whose work benefits clients, businesses and the marketplace. Deadline: July 24, 2026 | bit.ly/4uZ04SI

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Florida's Board of Governors voted to halt new H-1B visa hires at the state's 12 public universities. The pause runs through January 2027. #HigherEducation #Florida #H1BVisa #ImmigrationPolicy #WorkforceDevelopment

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Most people call them flying cars. USF researchers are studying how eVTOLs could be safely integrated into Florida's transportation system. #FloridaTrend #Transportation #eVTOL #USF

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

📰 July's issue is here! 🎬 A Land Remembered stays true to its roots. 🚤 Drone boats hit Florida waters. 📊 The state's biggest companies ranked. 🌾 Farm boy's dream powers U.S. Sugar's robotics. ➡️ Explore the digital issue & subscribe: bit.ly/3hkdN5P #FloridaBusiness #Florida350 #FloridaTrend

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Florida university presidents' pay rose 56% from 2010 to 2019, benchmarked increasingly against the private sector. Professor pay over the same decade: up $646. #FloridaTrend #Education #HigherEd

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The university that almost wasn't has aggressive new ambitions. Florida Poly survived a 2020 consolidation attempt and is now the No. 1 public college in the South, eyeing 10,000 students. #FloridaTrend #Education #FloridaPoly

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In South Florida, condominiums tied to well-known brands are drawing more buyers and higher returns. Developers point to a trust premium: when a globally recognized brand lends its name to a project, buyers feel confident. #FloridaTrend #RealEstate #Miami #LuxuryRealEstate #BrandedResidences

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Shirl Penney, Founder & CEO of Dynasty Financial Partners, built one of the nation's largest independent wealth management platforms — and he traces that drive back to his grandfather. #WorkEthic #FloridaBusiness #Leadership #FloridaTrend

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Florida Trend @floridatrend.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Tampa Bay added nearly 100,000 households from 2018 to 2023 but only 82,000 homes. A new Tampa Bay Partnership report finds the region needs about 254,700 new units by 2035 to keep pace with growth. #FloridaTrend #RealEstate

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