Sustain Florida's Rebound
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There are encouraging signs, however small, that Florida is on the rebound from the Great Recession.
In Print: Monday, January 9, 2012 @ TampaBay.com
Statistics trickling in last week from 2011 find bankruptcy filings down and fewer state banks failing. For the first time in six years, more moving vans headed into Florida than out. And the vacancy rate for office space in Tampa Bay dropped to its lowest rate since 2009. This news comes after several months of slowly descending unemployment rates that still remain at 10 percent. Now the challenge for Florida leaders is to build on that momentum, not derail it with poor policy decisions or shortsighted gimmicks.
