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EMBRAER PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION NEARS COMPLETION
LUKE & ASSOCIATES RATED THIRD FASTEST-GROWING PRIVATE COMPANY IN U.S.
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uke & Associates, Inc., a leading provider of medical and clinical
services for the U.S. military, was named to Inc. magazine’s prestigious 2010 “Inc. 500” list, which spotlights the top entre- preneurial and fastest-growing companies in the U.S. In its first year on the list, the
Merritt Island-based company earned the #3 spot out of the 500 fastest-grow- ing private companies in the U.S. The ranking comes after a 3-year growth rate of 16,636.6 percent and $37.5 million in revenue for 2009. Luke also placed #1 in government services for
the United States, the second largest business sector and first in generat- ing jobs. Luke, established in 2004, provides
medical services and primary care for the federal government at clinics, hospitals and medical centers and has grown exponentially to become one of the largest providers of health care for the U.S. military, employing more than 1,100 medical and support person- nel. Luke’s sales projections for 2010 are $100 million. The company employs 55 people in Brevard County and 190 in the State of Florida. u
MIA RANKS NO. 1 AMONG AIRPORTS THAT USE TWITTER M
elbourne International Airport’s use of Twitter to reach out to customers is getting high marks. A recent ranking of airports using the popular social
networking site named Melbourne International the “world’s best.” As published in
Forbes.com’s “Wheels Up” column, Melbourne
International was at the top of the list created by Ontario-based AirGate Solutions, an airport marketing and consulting company. AirGate Solutions’ “Top 10 Social Media Airports” looks at the ratio of followers
to total passengers using the airport. “It’s critical these days to reach out and engage passengers – and prospective passengers – exactly where they are seeking informa- tion, and Twitter is one of the fastest-growing social media networks out there,” said airport Executive Director Richard A. Ennis, CPFO. u
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wo buildings are nearing completion on the north end of
Melbourne International Airport. Soon they will be home to up to 200 new jobs and production of Embraer’s Phenom 100 and 300 aircraft. Embraer, one of the world’s
largest aircraft manufacturers, is invest- ing approximately $51 million in the state-of-the-art Customer Center and
Final Assembly Facility to build and showcase its state-of-the-art executive jets. The 80,000-square-foot produc- tion building is almost finished and the walls of the aircraft paint facility have been erected. The two buildings account for the first phase of construction and should be completed in 2010. Embraer’s construction plans at this
time call for the facility to open in 1st Quarter 2011 and be fully operational in June 2011. The first Phenom 100 aircraft is expected to be delivered at the facility in 4th Quarter 2011. u
BSO GRANT RANKED HIGHEST IN STATE
The awards were determined by a score-based formula that proportion- ally distributed the 2010 Legislature’s $950,000 appropriation for General Program Support grants. With the changes in the overall econ-
T
he 2010–2011 General Program Support Grants from the Florida
Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs were announced in June with the
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Brevard Symphony Orchestra receiv- ing the highest rating in the musical arts discipline and ranking 22 among the 245 grantees that qualified for funding.
omy these past few years, local and state funding for art and culture has been slashed drastically, reducing specific project funding to zero and the General Program Support by more than half.
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