Truckers get their groove back
ewilliams@floridaweekly.com
Cruising along endless miles of interstate, Armando Perez is home some weeks and gone others. He recently hauled flowers to Washington State and returned to Naples with crates of apples.
“I love it,” said the 32-year-old West Palm Beach resident, a long-distance truck driver for a decade. “It’s in my blood.” Full Story
Economic developers launch viral effort to encourage business growth
The Fort Myers Regional Partnership launched a new website, www. BringThem2Lee.com, as an interactive communications tool and companion element to the “Together We Mean Business” campaign. Full Story
BUILDING BRIEFS
Home building permits up in June
During June, contractors pulled permits to build 46 single-family houses collectively valued at $9.7 million in unincorporated Lee County. That compares with 41 permits issued in May and 24 issued in June 2009, according to the Lee County Department of Community Development. Full Story
MONEY & INVESTING
Anything popping in the corn market?
U.S. corn production has been at recordsetting levels in two of the past three years and, seemingly, will do so again this year.
Big production generally is very bearish for prices and a look at any chart of corn prices will show exactly that; prices have been down since June 2008. Full Story
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