Diversifying Orlando's Economy

Build an Innovation & Industry Council, strengthen ties with UCF, Valencia, the Space Coast, and existing startup groups, and create job-growth zones for aerospace, clean tech, biotech, digital media, and the care economy.

Local-hiring mandates run into HB 433 and SB 742, and the proposed convening role overlaps with Orlando Economic Partnership, CareerSource, and existing city economic-development functions.

The convening and land-use parts are plausible, but the plank does not show why a new council outperforms the institutions already doing this work. Its strongest tools are partnerships, zoning support, and city-controlled incentive design.

No standalone economic-development legislation of this type has been enacted from her legislative office.

Use existing OEP and workforce channels, identify underused industrial and maker space through zoning, and reserve city incentives for measurable job creation without local-hire mandates.