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Florida Ranks 2nd in Nation For Tech Jobs

I was shocked to hear that Florida is second in the nation for tech jobs.  You wouldn't think of Florida as a state with such a large high tech job market.  Why aren't we attracting more of these employers to our area?  We need to draw more business to the area to build our local economy and provide higher paying jobs in the area.  The rapid appreciation of real estate in the area has pushed home prices up into the middle to upper-middle income ranges.  We need to bring jobs to the area to support those prices.

Take a look at these stats. "On a state-by-state basis, Cyberstates 2007 shows that tech employment gains occurred in 40 cyberstates in 2005, the most recent data available.  The last year that so many states saw this much tech job growth was in 2000.  While it is no surprise that California led the nation in net job creation, Florida saw the second largest gain, adding 10,900 tech jobs in 2005.  This is the second year in a row that Florida was among the top five states by tech employment creation."  Read the full article by AeA here.

Are the community leaders involved with economic development paying attention to this?  Let's draw some of these jobs here.

It's a good life,

Ian Anderson

Remember Those Who Have Served

You have to stand tall and be proud to be an American.  Memorial Day is one of those days that you have to just stop, offer a moment of silence and thank all of the people who are or were out there fighting for us and those who have lost their lives fighting for this country.  War is always a heated debate and there will always be two sides.  You have to have experienced war or know someone who has to understand the loyalty and dedication to fight for our people and how proud our soldiers are to be able to fight for America.  Issues and opinions aside, we have to pay respect for the people in the military, their families loved ones and all of the people supporting the people of the military who are fighting and have fought for our freedom.  Let's just take a moment and say thanks.

There are a few local Memorial Day events:

Memorial Service: Monday May 28th 9:00 am at the Ormond Beach City Hall

Memorial Service: Monday May 28th 11:00 am at the Daytona Memorial Park, 1423 Bellevue Ave., Daytona Beach

Military Vehicle Display: Monday May 28th 1-3 pm at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4250, 2350 Sunset Drive, New Smyrna Beach

Florida Ranks 2nd In Nation For Tech Jobs

I was shocked to hear that Florida is second in the nation for tech jobs.  You wouldn't think of Florida as a state with such a large high tech job market.  Why aren't we attracting more of these employers to our area?  We need to draw more business to the area to build our local economy and provide higher paying jobs in the area.  The rapid appreciation of real estate in the area has pushed home prices up into the middle to upper-middle income ranges.  We need to bring jobs to the area to support those prices.

Take a look at these stats. "On a state-by-state basis, Cyberstates 2007 shows that tech employment gains occurred in 40 cyberstates in 2005, the most recent data available.  The last year that so many states saw this much tech job growth was in 2000.  While it is no surprise that California led the nation in net job creation, Florida saw the second largest gain, adding 10,900 tech jobs in 2005.  This is the second year in a row that Florida was among the top five states by tech employment creation."  Read the full article by AeA here.

Are the community leaders involved with economic development paying attention to this?  Let's draw some of these jobs here. 

Ian Anderson

The beginning....

Here is where it all begins.  I finally entered into the world of blogging.  I have been talking about putting together a community blog that would be a website available to everyone in the Daytona Beach area to post community events, news and what is happening in the area.  Being in real estate I always have people coming to me for all kinds of local information.  I wanted to make this a one stop website for people to access that information.  My goal is to have local professionals offer their knowledge and insight on what is happening on their side of the world.  As a local real estate expert with The Dream Homes Team, I will keep you informed of what is happening in the local real estate market.  I hope you enjoy.

April 17, 2007 - Tax Rally Day in Tallahassee

What a great day.  There was so much energy and enthusiasm among everybody.  The overall tone was really positive and optimistic about truly providing a solution to our broken property tax situation.  There was a great turn out with bus loads of people from all over the state arriving to rally in Tallahassee.  Volusia Tax Reform was instrumental in bringing everyone together.  We all converged on the steps of the old capital building in Tallahassee.  There was a good turnout but I am surprised there weren't more people there.  There should have been tens of thousands of people there and there were maybe 500-600 people.  I felt obligated as a Realtor to be there for my clients. 

Governor Christ, Marco Rubio and several other key elected officials spoke to assure that they are working to try to fix our current tax situation.  The speeches were very positive ensuring us that our officials are working hard to find a solution during this legislative session.  Only time will tell if that will truly happen.  This session is due to end in a few weeks and they are hoping to get some sort of plan in place.  Can the House and Senate agree?  That is the big question.

I just hope that this isn't another political rah rah pep rally to make everyone think that something is going to change.  Our politicians are great at getting everyone fired up but we want to see results.  I am waiting.......

Ian Anderson

Welcome To The (386) Area Blog!

Welcome to the (386) Area Blog! This Community Blog was created in order to give the people in the greater Daytona Beach area within the (386) area a free, interactive and comprehensive communication site that serves as a one-stop source for community news and information. This community blog offers constantly updated, pertinent news provided by Community bloggers represented by local organizations active in our community including civic organizations, schools, charities, general business, and many more. Best of all, anyone can join in on the conversation! Our Community Calendar provides information on upcoming events and activities important to our community. Comments are welcome, so let us know what you think!

Florida Ranks Fourth in Online Job Vacancies

The Orlando Business Journal just posted an article stating that Florida is fourth for online job vacancies.  Florida companies are more likely to advertise job postings online to reach prospective job applicants.  There were over 255,000 job postings in March alone which is an increase of almost 13% increase over March last year.  Most of the vacancies are concentrated on the major cities of Orlando, Tamp and Miami.

For more information click on the link below to read the whole article. Florida ranks fourth in online job vacancies 

That is actually a great sign that the job outlook statewide seems to be positive.  I think that unemployment is up somewhat what this is a sign of hope for some.  The larger cities are still rapidly growing and they need to attract qualified people to fill the new positions.  That should be a good sign for our current real estate market.