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Get There Florida: The Sunshine State’s New Workforce Education Initiative

Business Facilities

Get There Florida is a new workforce education initiative aimed at raising awareness of short-term but high-value career and technical education programs. Read: Get There Florida: The Sunshine State’s New Workforce Education Initiative at BusinessFacilities.com.

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2024 Timber-Strong Design Build Competition: Small Buildings, Big Educational Opportunities

BD+C

2024 Timber-Strong Design Build Competition: Small Buildings, Big Educational Opportunities 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/20/2024 - 12:14 Student-led teams have 90 minutes to erect attractive, durable, engineered wood structures. This year’s winners included teams from Michigan, Indiana, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Texas, California and Puerto Rico.

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North Central Florida: Low Cost, High Opportunity

Business Facilities

With robust infrastructure and a talented workforce, North Central Florida offers attractive prospects for new and expanding businesses.

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ABC: Florida, Arizona Are Best States for Construction

Construction Superintendent Magazine

In addition to fostering fair and open competition in public construction work, Florida continues to reap the benefits of providing students with a multitude of career pathways, which in 2022 yielded a graduation rate of 96% for career and technical education program students. Arizona again followed.

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Educators Place the Spotlight on Modular Construction

GCP Applied Technologies

The educators at Weitz Construction Academy at Seminole Ridge High School in Loxahatchee, Florida have been practicing modular construction long before it became popular. Another challenge that the student team focused on is the changing and dynamic weather in Florida.

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Assistance Programs Could Help First-Time Florida Buyers in 2022

Pro Builder

Assistance Programs Could Help First-Time Florida Buyers in 2022. The Florida Housing Finance Corp. provides down payment and closing costs for first-time Florida buyers weighed down by financial obstacles. The Florida state legislature created financial programs such as Florida Housing to assist eligible first-time homebuyers.

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Florida, Ohio Among the Nation's Most Overvalued Housing Markets

Pro Builder

Florida, Ohio Among the Nation's Most Overvalued Housing Markets. As more Americans migrate from major cities like New York and San Francisco, states like Florida, Ohio, and Idaho are seeing higher populations as well as much higher prices. Thu, 01/27/2022 - 10:29. Among the 33 most inflated U.S.

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