Wednesday s Daily Pulse | 12/23/2020
Jobless Floridians could receive federal assistance by year s end
As many as 650,000 Floridians, including an estimated 500,000 whose state unemployment benefits have expired, could receive federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments between Christmas and the new year. Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill Monday night, with only six no votes in the Senate, including Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott. The renewed PUA benefits – 11 weeks of an additional $300 – should kick in for Floridians by Sunday. [Source: The Center Square]
Stimulus plan to help Florida entertainment industry amid calls for more help
The stimulus plan singles out several industries for extra financial assistance. One of those industries is entertainment– the backbone of Florida tourism. Specifically, the plan allocated $15 billion in grant money, which could help theaters and live event venues that lost more than 25 percent of their reven
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Posted By Ken Storey on Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 11:28 AM click to enlarge Concept art for two of the hotels at Flamingo Crossings When Walt Disney World was first proposed in the late 1960s, the area around what is now Disney Springs was to be a mixed-use development with residences and offices within a short walk or PeopleMover ride of the commercial district. Just like its sister city, Bay Lake, where EPCOT was to be located, those plans were never realized. Instead, Lake Buena Vista became just another corner of the massive vacation resort. In the early 1990s, the idea of a planned community in the shadow of the Vacation Kingdom was revived when the Celebration community opened on land in Osceola County that was once part of Disney World. A year after its opening, Orange County vowed to create its ow