(Fort Lauderdale, FL) - Broward County’s job report indicated a 3.8 percent unemployment rate in April 2017. This rate was 0.6 percentage point lower than the region’s year ago rate of 4.4 percent. Nonagricultural employment increased by 26,400 jobs (+3.2 percent) over the year, with an employment of 846,200 in the Ft. Lauderdale-Pompano
BOCA RATON, Fla., /PRNewswire/ -- Protec Fuel Management, LLC (Protec) today announced the completion of a project to enable the City of Hollywood to run all Flex Fuel capable vehicles on the cleaner-burning biofuel E85. Protec, the largest distributor of higher ethanol blend fuels to independent retailers and government fleets in the United States, worked
Hollywood's Stirling Road Library is the latest Broward County Library to open to the public on Sundays. As of May 7, the Library, at 3151 Stirling Rd., is now open 6 days a week (closed Wednesdays). Sunday hours are 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. The nine other libraries with Sunday service are the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, the Foster
The Library Foundation's annual fundraiser, Literary Feast, which celebrates literature and brings well-known national and international authors to Broward County, raised more than $175,000 for 15 Broward County Library programs in 2017. The HI Foundation was the Presenting Sponsor of this year's event, which was chaired by Ann Burris, Karen Jones and
Preschoolers will soon have a very different experience at the Main Library in downtown Fort Lauderdale. As of June 8, they can serve pie, saw wood, shop for vegetables and examine X-rays as they learn skills to help them get ready to read! Broward County Library's new Active Learning Center is designed to be an educationally rich play space for
ORLANDO, Fla. – on May 22, Governor Rick Scott announced that the nearly 40 businesses that participated in the recent economic development mission to Argentina have reported more than $24 million in expected sales. Additionally, these businesses generated $1.85 million in actual sales during the mission. This was the first trade mission by any
Davie, FL – The Broward College Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness will host its inaugural Continuous Improvement Conference from Sunday, July 23 through Monday, July 25 at the A. Hugh Adams Central Campus in Davie, Fla. The event is designed to help industry professionals achieve operational and performance excellence by offering best
FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – At the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance’s Mid-Year Luncheon on Monday, May 15, 2017, Bob Speth, Ph.D., was presented with the Alliance’s 2017 World Class Faculty award. Dr. Speth is a professor at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the College of Pharmacy.