Florida: Who wouldn't want to live here

NEW YORK , N.Y. -- Excluding their current state, if Americans had to say where they would most like to live, the top three mentions are states typically associated with sunshine and the beach: Hawaii (1), California (2) and Florida (3). These states have consistently been in the top 3 the last 8 times this question has been asked. However, this year marks the first time since 2001 that California has not been the top mention.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,463 adults surveyed online between October 10 and 17, 2011 by Harris Interactive.

Ferro Assumes Micro Key Presidency

Micro Key Solutions recently announced the promotion of Victoria Ferro to President. Victoria has been leading the company since last spring while Wayne Torrens enjoyed a long awaited hiatus from the business world. Victoria's management style will help Micro Key move to the next level. Wayne will remain with the company as CEO and oversee Micro Key's growth and work with our customers to come up with new applications, software enhancements and features to ensure we continue to meet the needs of the industry. During the announcement, made through a LIVE webcast from Micro Key headquarters in Kissimmee, Victoria stated: "Micro Key will continue to adhere to the same core values of providing innovative technology and superior customer service to the security alarm industry. That is a promise." All of us at Micro Key support these exciting moves and join Victoria in her commitment to our customers and the industry. To see a video of the LIVE webcast visit webcast.microkey.com.

A very seasonal cluster

This is what happens when you give planners knives and other tools and turn them loose -- a "Pumpkin Industry Cluster." Credit goes to Osceola County Community Development's Pete Gousis, Brenda Ryan, Josh DeVries, Leigh Anne Wachter, Carlene Bowen and Tina Demostene.

Changes at Reunion brings new energy

 

From Orlando Sentinel golf writer Jeff Shain:

   When Annika Sorenstam launched her golf academy in 2006, Reunion Resort was a place of grand ambitions. Those were boom times. One of the LPGA's richest tournaments gave the locale south of Walt Disney World instant recognition. Vacation homes sold quickly. Owner Bobby Ginn was flush with cash.

    All that dried up, of course, when the economy took a nose dive a few years later. Since then, Sorenstam has waited for someone to breathe some life into the property.

    Promise arrived last month, when Reunion and its sister property in Palm Coast were united with venerable Innisbrook Resort near Tampa in a three-resort, nine-course alliance stretching from one Florida coast to the other.

     "I think it's refreshing," Sorenstam said after Salamander Hotels & Resorts formally took over management. "This place has so much potential."