Interview topics include: how the High Tech Corridor Council began, the Dallas-Fort Worth Corridor in Texas, Charlie Reed, reinvesting the original funding, expanding partnerships, Silicon Valley, Lynda Weatherman and economic development in Brevard County, the “Core Team” and the “Pajama Hotline,” the Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center, serving as a model for other regions, the role of venture capitalism, workforce development, the expansion of the corridor, the impact of the business community on approval of university projects, and future challenges.]]>
0:00:53 How the Florida High Tech Corridor Council began
0:07:24 Taking the plan to the Florida State Legislature
0:13:37 The Dallas-Fort Worth Corridor and project conception
0:20:11 Intellectual property
0:25:47 Charlie Reed
0:28:43 Reinvesting the original funding
0:31:10 Expanding partnerships and funding
0:35:57 Silicon Valley
0:40:02 Role of partnership in the success of the Corridor
0:48:18 Lynda Weatherman and Economic Development in Brevard County
0:51:01 “Core Team” and the “Pajama Hotline”
0:54:40 Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center
0:58:46 A model for other regions
1:02:10 Growing and retaining versus buying jobs
1:13:27 Role of venture capitalism
1:20:35 Workforce development
1:27:52 Expansion of the Corridor
1:39:08 Impact of business community on approval of university projects
1:42:28 Future challenges]]>
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Episode 54 focuses on the Florida Historical Quarterly (FHQ) and includes interviews with editor Dr. Connie L. Lester and assistant editor Dr. Daniel S. Murphree. The Florida Historical Society was organized on November 26, 1902, and chartered in 1905. The Florida Historical Quarterly was originally based at the University of Florida from 1964 to 1993 and edited by Professor Samuel Proctor. University of South Florida professor George E. Pozzetta was the next editor of the FHQ from 1993 to 1995. Proctor again became the editor in 1995 when Pozzetta passed away.

In late 1995, Professor Jerrell Schofner became the interim editor and began establishing a partnership between the Florida Historical Society and the University of Central Florida. From 1996 to 2000, Professor Kari Fredrickson served as the FHQ, expanding the breadth of the journal by including social history topics. In 2000, Craig Thompson Friend became the next editor, adding a feature called the "Florida Room," which is designed to engage in more recent regional development topics.

Dr. Lester, Associate Professor in History, became the Florida Historical Quarterly editor in 2005 and remains in said position as of 2013. In 2011, the FHQ added Dr. Murphree, Associate Professor in History, as Assistant Editor. The FHQ is published four times annual and has recently added the "Florida Classroom" feature, which integrates Florida events into national history education.]]>
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Beginning in July 2012, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Department of History will transform this facility into the UCF Public History Center. UCF will enhance the current programming offered with the addition of new media such as virtual exhibits, artifact databases, and podcasts. UCF students will preserve and interpret the past at this site, using emerging audio, video, and digital technologies to create engaging, interactive exhibits and programming. The UCF Public History Center will foster a closer connection between the community and the university's innovative research projects, encouraging greater public engagement with this region's history."
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