SUMMER SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE ZOO With


just one weekend remaining at the time of preparing this article, 2010 attendance at Brevard Zoo’s Summer Saturday Nights


confirmed the event’s ongoing popularity. Despite rain in two of the first three weekends in August, almost 21,000 visitors had taken advantage of the event through August 21st. Average weekly attendance – in excess of 2,600 people for 2010 – has now grown to seven times that of the event’s inaugural year. Well-established and free, Summer Saturday Nights is an annual initiative offered by the Zoo as a thank you to local residents.


Average Weekly Attendance Summer Saturday Nights, Brevard Zoo


1,563 *


2005 373


457 2006 *with one weekend remaining. Source: Brevard Zoo. 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 Association of Brevard; 4


Sources: 1


CURRENT MONTH


11.6% 481


26,935


228,167 64.8%


PREVIOUS MONTH


193,200 11.4% 695


85 26,016


204,117 58.9%


YEAR AGO


July 2010 June 2010 July 2009 192,000


194,300 10.9% 534


$99,400 $114,300 80


$117,700 93


17,575


227,177 66.7%


June 2010 May 2010 June 2009 $510.3m $508.8m


117.5 117.9


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


Canaveral Port Authority; 6


$525.5m 116.6


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 July 2010 -0.6% -0.2%


June 2010


-30.8% -13.0% -5.9%


3.5%


11.8% 5.9%


to June 2010 to June 2010 0.3%


May 2010 -0.3%


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


June 2009 -2.9%


0.8%


Home Builders & Contractors Florida Legislature, Office of


% CHANGE July 2009


ANNUAL


to July 2010 -1.2% -0.7% -9.9%


-15.5% -14.0%


53.3% 0.4%


-1.9% 2007 2008 2009 2010* 2,889 2,249


2,607


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