Fully funded, Florida Poly’s new research building moves full steam ahead
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The Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida Polytechnic University has received full funding to complete its construction by next spring. The building is designed to become a research hub for Central Florida and the state.
New rendering shows a multi-use room inside the Applied Research Center, a research facility being built at Florida Polytechnic University.
“Providing the funding to complete construction of the ARC will allow Florida Poly to be even more important in building our high-tech economy and attracting STEM companies to our county and state.”
The law states women and girls must play on the sport teams of the "biological sex" on their birth certificate. So, a transgender girl cannot play on a girls' team.
It appears that Polk County escaped any vetoes of funding items in Florida’s $101.5 billion budget.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released a list of line-item vetoes Wednesday as he announced his signing of the appropriations bill in New Smyrna Beach. DeSantis trimmed about $1.5 billion from the budget submitted by the Florida Legislature.
A scan of the veto list found no cuts for Polk County projects. By contrast, DeSantis vetoed about $1.4 million in local appropriations last year.
Some Polk County legislators said before the session began in March that they would be more selective than usual in making funding requests. The state’s financial outlook appeared dire at that point as the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a projected decline in state revenue.