PASSENGER COUNTS SPIKE

As the rest

of the economy limps slowly to recovery, Brevard’s transportation hubs experienced explosive growth in the

first quarter of 2010. The mid-February return of U.S. Airways, as well as new service from Direct

Air, resulted in a year-over-year passenger increase of 80% at Melbourne International Airport in March. Further north, as Port Canaveral ushers in its new fleet of larger cruise ships and welcomes additional ports of call from Baltimore, passenger counts surged in all months of 2010. Impressive growth was also seen in the Port’s cargo business, fueled in part by the start of operations at Seaport Canaveral tank farm.

Port Canaveral % Change from Previous Year

71.1%

48.8%

Cruise Passengers Cargo Tonnage

40.2% 18.0%

January 2010

Source: Canaveral Port Authority

Key Monthly Indicators

Payroll Employment1 Unemployment Rate1 Home Sales2

Median Sales Price2 Housing Units Authorized3

Revenue Passengers, Melbourne International Airport4

Cruise Passengers, Port Canaveral5 Hotel Occupancy Rate6

Taxable Sales7

Index of Retail Activity7

Sources: 1

Association of Brevard; 4

CURRENT MONTH

12.2% 490

40,737

241,853 78.3%

Feb 2010

$501.7m

116.6

PREVIOUS MONTH

Mar 2010 Feb 2010

194,000

193,300 12.7% 357

$105,800 $106,400 108

117 23,415

221,664 69.6%

Jan 2010

$457.0m

114.2

Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, Labor Market Statistics Center; 2 Melbourne Airport Authority; 5

Canaveral Port Authority; 6

YEAR AGO Mar2009

199,300 9.6% 539

$123,700 46

22,614

202,936 76.3%

Feb 2009

$490.5m

117.2

Economic & Demographic Research. Numbers represent most recent data available at time of preparation.

‘By the Numbers’ is a monthly review of the Brevard economy, prepared by the

Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast. For the very latest on these and other indicators in the Brevard economy, visit www.spacecoastedc. org/DataCenter/EconomicIndicators.aspx.

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MONTHLY % CHANGE

to Mar 2010

0.4% 0.5%

Feb 2010

37.3%

-0.6% -7.7%

74.0% 9.1% 8.7%

to Feb 2010

9.8% 2.1%

Jan 2010

Florida Association of Realtors; 3 Space Coast Office of Tourism; 7

% CHANGE Mar 2009

ANNUAL

Mar 2010

-2.7% -2.6% -9.1%

-14.5%

134.8%

80.1% 19.2% 2.0%

to Feb 2010

2.3%

-0.5%

Feb 2009

Home Builders & Contractors Florida Legislature, Office of

February 2010

19.2%

March 2010

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