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Economic development staff outlines hotel, retail, sports and tech outreach as North Port growth continues
Summary
Economic development manager Michael Meerman presented an update highlighting business retention programs, a new interactive development map, outreach to hotel and anchor retail prospects, and efforts to attract sports‑centric and technology projects.
Michael Meerman, North Port’s economic development manager, briefed the commission on recent business‑retention and attraction activity, workforce and training partnerships, and a new interactive development map intended to improve public transparency.
What staff reported: Meerman said LendingTree recently ranked North Port among America’s "boom towns," noting GDP growth above 11% and continued population gains. He described programs supporting local businesses, including free consults from the University of South Florida Small Business Development Center, an eight‑class small business…
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