In a year when “jobs, jobs, jobs” was the dominant catchphrase, one group has delivered./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/nIn 2009, the state set up the Economic Gardening Technical Assistance pilot program, now known as GrowFL. The program helps so-called “second-stage” businesses with $1 million to $25 million in revenue and 10 to 50 workers that have demonstrated potential for growth and expansion in industries on the state’s target list./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n
GrowFL provides various technical and educational assistance, including market research data, workshops, seminars and assistance with business strategy./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n
A study last year found that since late 2009, GrowFL has contributed more than 1,400 direct jobs at more than 300 companies, which grew nearly 11% faster than similar companies that didn’t get help. The largest single category of jobs created was in the high-paying “technical and scientific” category./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n
The study found GrowFL had generated nearly $19 million in state and local tax revenue beyond the $3.5 million cost of the technical assistance program./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n
GrowFL /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/u2014 now managed under UCF’s Florida Economic Gardening Institute /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/u2014 is led by Executive Director Tom O’Neal, who is also associate vice president of research and commercialization at UCF; and Fran Korosec, director of client services for the Gardening Institute./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n
Source: Florida Trend, January 2012 issue, Politics/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700//Government Newsmakers of the Year, by Mark R. Howard./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a year when “jobs, jobs, jobs” was the dominant catchphrase, one group delivered — GrowFL, managed by UCF’s Florida Economic Gardening Institute and led by Tom O’Neal.","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6615,5513],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-31700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-fran-korosec","tag-tom-oneal"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n'Job Farmer' Recognized as Newsmaker of Year | 海角直播 News/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/t /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/t /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/t /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/t /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/t /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/t /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/31700/n