On Friday, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released Lake County’s unemployment rate and it dropped from 10.1 percent in November to 9.9 percent in December, which is the lowest rate since April 2009. It has taken a whopping 31 months for Lake County’s unemployment rate to drop into single digits. This is great news, [...]
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Eustis and Mount Dora’s Dirty Secrets on Impact Fees
It seems John Drury, the city manager of Tavares, is sending out weekly news releases heralding another large project beginning in the city of Tavares, while sister cities in the Golden Triangle area economically decay with vacant buildings and anti-business reputations. Since the economic turndown, the leadership in Tavares has made bold moves, and they [...]
How Can Lake County’s Economy Improve in 2012?
The single biggest issue in Lake County is the economy, and there seems to be no shortage of opinions on it. This Great Recession will no doubt go down in the annals of history as one of the worst for Florida, and the bitter lessons learned from it will last a lifetime. One lesson learned [...]
Tavares and Leesburg are Taking Off – Others Grounded
Two of the most dynamic-growth cities in Lake County are Tavares and Leesburg, and both are run by risk taking city managers and conservative-leaning city commissions. Though not everyone will agree with their methods, it’s admirable that they are taking action against this great recession. Many local politicians are more concerned with creating a Peyton [...]
Government Extortion in the Name of Art
Over the last few weeks, the City of Mount Dora’s political leaders have been touting their wonderful city-wide arts program; however, new details suggest it may be funded illegally through coercion of potential new businesses. Mount Dora prides itself as being a trendy, artsy town that is a cut above others, but a little publicized [...]
