Norton cites these 10 ‘game changers’ for local economy entering 2021 Screenshot from the Norton Agency annual Native Intelligence Forecast for 2021. - photo by Scott Rogers Frank Norton Jr.’s annual economic update/forecast, usually a big community and social event, has gone digital this year, thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And the pandemic served as an overarching theme of his Native Intelligence 2021 Forecast, which the real estate executive with Gainesville-based The Norton Agency filmed last week in front of a few Norton agents. In talking about the area’s top economic “game changers,” this year’s top 10 list “could, if we had allowed, revolved around COVID,” Norton said.