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The Lomax in review for old Wells Fargo in Five Points PAGE 3 Laura DiBella, is Florida’s secretary of commerce and president and CEO of Enterprise Florida.
LAURA DIBELLA: NORTHEAST FLORIDA IS THE RIGHT SPOT
CITY GOVERNMENT
Bill allows some legal notices on city website PAGE 4
The state’s secretary of commerce and president of Enterprise Florida said the region is well positioned for what it can offer businesses. BY DAVID CRUMPLER ASSISTANT EDITOR
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aura DiBella is positive about Jacksonville and its role in the economic growth of Northeast Florida. Florida’s secretary of commerce and president and CEO of Enterprise Florida said she saw the region’s potential when she first came here as a commercial real estate broker 16 years ago. “I used to say back in the day Jacksonville needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up,” DiBella said.
“And I think it has.” Jacksonville has become a fintech center and a logistics hub, not only for Florida but for the Southeast U.S., she said in a February interview before an event at Imeson Landing Business Park in North Jacksonville. “It doesn’t have to be one thing. It can be many things to many people,” she said. “Jacksonville has positioned itself as a formidable competitor in the Southeast arena, not necessarily in the Florida market, and I mean that in a good way,” she said. JAX Chamber defines its JAXUSA
Partnership area as seven counties, which joined for economic development recruitment and growth. Duval, the city limits of Jacksonville, is the largest of the counties. “I think once it embraced that and planned as a region how to really go after it, you’re seeing what you’re seeing today.” DiBella, 44, was named secretary of commerce and head of Enterprise Florida in February. She is the first woman to serve as Florida SEE DIBELLA, PAGE 10
THE BASCH REPORT
ICE, Black Knight deal faces FTC objections Intercontinental Exchange Inc. won’t complete a buyout of Jacksonville-based Black Knight Inc. by midyear, as the two companies hoped. PAGE 12
MAYORAL ELECTION
Candidates offer views on 7 issues Potential stadium renovation, incentives, affordable housing and taxes among the topics covered. PAGE 6 LAW & THE COURTS
Nimmons seminar The 19th annual event is April 3 at the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse. PAGE 14
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