The Titusville Talking Points is published quarterly by the City of Titusville to inform its residents of improvements taking place around town. It features a list of newly established businesses, current and forthcoming construction projects and city government news. In the second edition of 2018, highlights include: 24 Hours in Titusville: Get to Know… [Continue Reading]
Brevard Delivers is a County-published update on County Government upcoming projects, projects that are underway and projects that have recently been completed. It is published in the second, third and fourth quarters of the year (electronic form) and features in-depth stories on major projects that the County is undertaking, including tax-funded restoration of the Indian… [Continue Reading]
by James Dean — June 8, 2018 It will be an operational monument to Elon Musk’s vision: a towering SpaceX launch control center, a 133,000-square-foot hangar and a rocket garden rising in the heart of Kennedy Space Center. According to plans detailed in a draft environmental review published recently by KSC, SpaceX will undertake a major expansion of its facilities… [Continue Reading]
Seafood Harvesting has been extended to September 30, 2028 at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. Ultimately, commercial fishing will be phased out, according to the final Compatibility Determination and Environmental Action Statement. Access the final document at: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Merritt_Island. [gview file=”http://titusville.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180530-Merritt-Island-Commercial-Harvesting-CD-Decision-News-Release.pdf”]
NASA Kennedy Space Center has transformed from a government-only launch complex to the nation’s multi-user spaceport, as set forth in the KSC Master Plan. NASA KSC’s multi-user spaceport strategy leverages KSC’s unique location, land resources, and infrastructure to achieve agency programmatic objectives while also providing opportunities for the development of capabilities and assets for commercial… [Continue Reading]
by Dave Berman — May 29, 2018 OneWeb plans to open an antenna assembly, storage and testing facility at the Port Canaveral Logistics Center in Titusville. Canaveral Port Authority commissioners could consider approving a five-year lease agreement with the company as soon as Wednesday night. But the port as of Tuesday afternoon had not received a signed lease… [Continue Reading]
The North Brevard Business Review is published quarterly by the North Brevard Economic Development Zone (NBEDZ), and details developments occurring in the local economy of the City of Titusville and the surrounding communities in north Brevard County, Florida. The Zone is a special dependent district under Florida law that seeks to provide financial and technical… [Continue Reading]
May 2018 On a late February morning, hundreds of bicyclists converged on Titusville to be among the first to ride a new, $10-million-plus stretch of the East Central Florida Regional Rail Trail. The project, which extended the Brevard County portion of the trail from 2.8 miles to 15 miles, completed a link from Titusville to… [Continue Reading]
by Wayne T. Price — May 18, 2018 With strong gains in the area’s manufacturing, retail and health services sector, Brevard County’s unemployment rate continued to shrink in April, falling to 3.4 percent. According to state labor data released on Friday, Brevard County had 259,353 people with jobs.That’s nearly 2,600 more people that the same time last… [Continue Reading]
by Ashley Pontius — May 21, 2018 As the college Class of 2018 ventures out into the working world, many of them will choose to work for themselves, or at least entertain the thought. A variety of factors — less security in the traditional job market, more innovation (especially through social media), a desire for more fulfilling… [Continue Reading]