| Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport on Thursday. Scott and several local officials gathered to talk about job creation at VentureCrossings, the 226-acre property adjacent to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport planned for use by the St. Joe Co. as an industrial and commercial complex. Florida’s 10.9 percent unemployment rate is among the highest in the nation and Scott made job creation a centerpiece of his election campaign in 2010, pledging to bring 700,000 jobs to Florida in seven years. (Andrew Wardlow/Panama City News Herald) |
