Monday s Daily Pulse | 5/10/2021
Florida s space tourism industry
While some early space-tourism flights may start in Texas or New Mexico, Florida will be at the forefront of the industry; it already has four commercial spaceports and more are coming, says Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida, the state’s aerospace economic development agency. Tourism companies are at work creating a total family experience, he says. “We have all the accoutrements to make space flights an experience not only for the citizen astronaut but for his or her family. When you come to Florida, you get the whole package.” [Source: Florida Trend]
Nuts, bolts and memories of an independent family business in Tampa
Lisa Jacobson is leaving the hardware business the family has run for nearly a half century.
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Lisa Jacobson, whose family owns Bay to Bay Hardware and Pool Supplies, stands on the sales floor of the independent hardware store, which her family has run since 1972, on Monday, May 3, 2021, in Tampa. The business, one of the last independent hardware stores left in the area, is being leased to Ace Hardware. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Times Correspondent
Bay to Bay Hardware has been a fixture for fixtures, nuts, bolts and whatnot for South Tampa homeowners and repair people since 1947. So when Lisa Jacobson put up a âliquidationâ sale sign May 1 after nearly 50 years as a family business, worried customers flooded her with questions.