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Detectives from the PCSO Organized Crime Unit and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) worked together in an investigation - Operation Hot Wire - that began in September 2019 focusing on the distribution of illegal drugs in Polk County. Following a series of five violent, gang-related armed home…
So how is Lee County’s economy looking post-Hurricane Ian? Jerry Parrish, chief economist and director of state and local policy analysis with the Florida Institute of Government at Florida State University, recently shared his thoughts with Lee County business owners.
The two fastest growing industries in Polk were education and health, which are counted as a single category and added 9% more jobs year over year.
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Complicating the issue is that for the last 12 years, this area has underbuilt homes, and there is an overall housing shortage in America.