In the past year, the average wage went up over 8 percent. That's a faster growth than the state of Florida or the United States. But we are still 4 percent below the average wage in the state and 19 percent below the U.S. |
It's not unlike what we've seen in previous years. |
The challenge is how willing are the businesses to put up the money. |
There are volumes of research on work-force housing by the Horizon Council task force. We are putting together a symposium in a few months to study the best practices being done. |
We are very pleased they are going forward with their expansion plans. We are happy they have worked it out to grow at their headquarters. |