Study Reveals Why Visitors Come to Tallahassee
A 2018 visitor tracking report completed by the consulting firm Downs & St. Germain Research reveals that the main reason people visit…
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A Greenville – Tallahassee Employment Profile
A number of Tallahassee government, business, and community leaders headed to Greenville, S.C. this week on a fact finding tour that is…
Suburban Salon Celebrating 60 Years in Capitol Plaza
Things change. And sometimes they don’t. For the last 60 years the patrons of the Capitol Plaza shopping center have seen businesses…
Amazon Challenges An Already Troubled Grocery Landscape
On Monday, March 4, Heather Haddon and Esther Fung of the WSJ reported that Amazon’s “latest plans threaten to steal sales of…
Signatures Pile Up for Minimum Wage Measure
A political committee backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase the minimum wage in Florida is moving toward meeting an initial…
TEI Falls in December, Slide Continues
Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee Economic Index (TEI) recently released numbers ending December 2018. Following a .75 point slide in November, the…
Leon’s 2018 Job Growth Ranks 29th Among Florida’s 67 Counties
Recently released job numbers show that the average employment in Leon County for 2018 was 146,651. This level of employment is 1.95%…
City Rejects Midtown Parking Garage, Seeks Other Parking Alternatives
At their February 20th meeting, the City Commission voted to reject all proposals to establish a parking garage in the Midtown area.…
Tallahassee’s Super-Lube Sells to Take 5 Oil Change
Super-Lube, a 48-unit multi-state operator of quick lubes, car washes, and full-service auto repair centers headquartered in Tallahassee has been acquired by…
Tallahassee Economic Index Shows Slowing Local Economy
Tallahassee, FL – The Tallahassee Economic Index (TEI) released numbers ending November 2018. Following a 1.06 point slide in October, the Index…
Google and Amazon Race to Electricity Sector
Based on reporting from WSJ’s Bradley Olson, “Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. are taking early steps to expand into the electricity…
Amidst Competition for Content, Netflix Raises Prices
On Jan 16, WSJ writer, Joe Flint, reported that Netflix raised prices for its subscriptions, something the organization had not done since…