WHY

FLORIDA

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  • #2: BEST STATE for Business, Chief Executive Magazine Annual CEO Survey, 2024
  • #1: BEST STATE to start an e-commerce business, Nexcess, 2024 and Digital Commerce 360, 2024
  • #4: For STATE BUSINESS TAX CLIMATE INDEX (comparing corporate income, individual income, sales, unemployment insurance and property taxes), Tax Foundation, 2024
  • Florida ranked #2 BEST PLACE TO LIVE and #4 BEST QUALITY OF LIFE, Timeout Best States to Live 2024
  • No state personal income tax
  • No state-level property tax
  • No business inventory tax
  • No corporate income tax on Limited Partnerships and S-Corporations
  • TOP 15: Small Business Administration loan availability and venture capital financing
  • A Right to Work State


Why Merritt Island

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Why Brevard

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MERRITT ISLAND

Redevelopment Zones

There are four (4) sub areas within the Merritt Island Redevelopment Area consisting of:

SR 520 Commercial Core Sub-Area (Merritt Island Causeway), adopted 1989 (745.53 acres) and 1991 (280.12 acres), is the primary west/east major arterial road, extending from the Indian River Lagoon on the west and the Banana River Lagoon on the east. It extends north to approximately Merritt Avenue and south to approximately Fortenberry Road.

SR 3 Sub-Area, adopted 2006 (165.7 acres), is the primary north-south corridor through Merritt Island and includes all properties that front on Courtenay Parkway from the SR 528 interchange at the north end to Merritt Avenue at the south end.

Barge Canal Sub-Area, adopted 2013 (981.01 acres), includes SR 528 and the lands to the north that front on the Barge Canal. It extends from the Indian River Lagoon on the west to the Banana River on the east.

Cone Road Sub-Area, adopted 2013 (209.53 acres), encompasses the industrial lands located south of Cone Road and north of the Merritt Island Airport.

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Major Investments Coming To Merritt Island

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Health First Medical Facility
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Capital Improvement Investments
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Courtenay Pkwy Infrastructure & Image Enhancement Project
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Veterans Memorial Park Amphitheatre Project