$145 Million in Private Investment Could Create Over 1,500 Permanent Jobs, Generate Millions in Revenue On Wednesday, June 22nd, the Tallahassee City Commission heard a brief presentation from Tallahassee Airport Executive Director David Pollard related to two private investment projects seeking to conduct business at the Tallahassee airport. According to estimates, the proposed projects could […]
The latest jobs report shows that there were 153,650 people working in Leon County in May, which is basically unchanged from the 153,645 people working last month. The May unemployment rate came in at 2.5%, up from the 2.4% reported last month. One year ago, the May 2021 unemployment rate was 4.1%. In May 2019 […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were down 9.2% in May when compared to numbers in the same month one year ago. There were 338 single-family home resales in May 2021 and 307 resales in May 2022. Last month there were 303 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in May 2022 […]
HCA Florida Capital Hospital announces new board member HCA Florida Capital Hospital recently announced that Florida State University’s Dean & Professor of the College of Nursing, Jing Wang, Ph.D., MPH, MSN, R.N., FAAN, has joined the Board of Trustees. Wang earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, Multidisciplinary Master in […]
On Tuesday, May 17th, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Tallahassee International Airport for the International Processing Facility. The facility is a $28 million project that will accommodate international travel and provide the infrastructure to required to process goods shipped to and received from destinations around the world. The ceremony was led by David […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that April 2022 passenger traffic was 74,892. This is 5.4% or 3,856 passengers above the pre-COVID passenger traffic (71,036) reported in April 2019. April traffic increased 61.3% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up 28,464 from the 41,506 reported during […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 0.3% in April when compared to numbers in the same month one year ago. There were 302 single-family home resales in April 2021 and 303 resales in April 2022. Last month there were 327 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in April 2022 […]
The first unionized Starbucks in Florida was made official on Tuesday, May 3rd, with the store employees’ 16-1 vote. Starbucks, located on North Monroe Street and John Knox Road, confirmed its victory in a press release issued by Starbucks Workers United. More than 240 Starbucks stores have filed union petitions across 33 states since December […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 3.5% in March when compared to numbers in the same month one year ago. There were 316 single-family home resales in March 2021 and 327 resales in March 2022. Last month there were 211 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in March 2022 […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that March 2022 passenger traffic was 70,710. This is 3.2% or 2,345 passengers below the pre-COVID passenger traffic (73,055) reported in March 2019. March traffic increased 70.4% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up from the 41,506 reported during March […]