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South Florida State College (SFSC) was awarded $500,000 through a special funding allocation by the Florida legislature to create a mobile welding lab that will provide low-cost, high-demand workforce training to the residents of DeSoto, Hardee, and Highlands counties. “The governor’s budget was titled ‘Securing Florida’s Future’ and that’s exactly what this special funding initiative does for our region,” said Dr. Thomas C. Leitzel, president of SF...

As the Highlands County Economic Development office advances its work in the community, it continues to hear a recurring need from its employers, employees and residents – there is a growing need for more multifamily rental housing that is affordable for our workforce in Highlands County. Workforce housing refers to housing that’s in between affordable, low income complexes that are typically developed using government support programs and the local market rate options, which th...