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The new hotel marks the 100th Holiday Inn Express to open this year. ATLANTA, CA - July 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced today that the Holiday Inn Express® and Suites Largo-Clearwater opened on June 4, as the 100th Holiday Inn Express to open this year under the new sign. The hotel brings 95 guest rooms and 35 job opportunities to downtown Largo, Fla

Legislation is common-sense solution to bring down cost of homeowners’ insurance. Washington, D.C. - July 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Chaired by Congressman Dennis Moore of Kansas, held a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida today to address skyrocketing homeowners’ insurance rates

TAVARES, FL - July 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Lake County Department of Community Services is preparing a grant application, which is due by July 17, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement Phase 2 of Lake County’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP2)

Orlando, FL - June 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — On Friday, June 12, Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) honored top-producing lenders for its First Time Home Buyer program during the Sixth Annual Lenders Appreciation Awards Dinner held at the Peabody Orlando Hotel. The honorees, who work at banking and financial institutions across the state, helped more than 3,300 Floridians become homeowners last year, using resources and programs from Florida Housing.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) today announced that Florida will receive $63,606,850 for areas affected by natural disasters during 2008. The funds, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, are for expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure, housing, and economic revitalization in the state

TAVARES, FL - May 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Parking woes for the Lake County Government Complex in downtown Tavares — including the offices of the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of Courts, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Property Appraiser, Sheriff, Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector — will come to an end on Monday, June 1, when an eight-story, 1,547-space parking garage is scheduled to

TAMPA, FL - May 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) —The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today applauded legislation introduced by Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Michael Arcuri (D-NY) encouraging the adoption and enforcement of statewide building codes throughout the nation.

April 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — By mid 2010, Florida Power and Light (FPL) will construct the Martin Next-Generation Solar Energy Center, a 75-megawatt (MW) plant that will sit on 500 acres near Indiantown, Florida—adjacent to FPL's combined-cycle power facility. The solar plant will be the world's first hybrid energy facility and the largest solar plant of any kind outside of California. Two other solar facilities have homes in Florida—one at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and the other roughly 70 miles southwest of St. Petersburg—and with the new plant, they will collectively produce 110 MW of electric power.

March 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced today that the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Orlando-Ocoee East has opened. The hotel is the third Holiday Inn Express to open in the Orlando area this year and marks the fourth property in the market to showcase the brand's new sign.

TAVARES, FL - March 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Lake County Department of Facilities Development & Management presented its quarterly construction update to the Lake County Board of County Commissioners at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday with the ongoing downtown projects as the top highlight.

INDIANAPOLIS - March 19, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The NCAA and Habitat for Humanity International, in conjunction with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Habitat for Humanity Orlando, have joined forces to frame a house in partnership with a local Orlando family at the 29^th annual Florida Classic presented by State Farm.

March 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Energy Star has published comprehensive information on how the housing industry and consumers can take advantage of the federal tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements in the new economic stimulus package.

TAMPA, FL - March 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Diana McClure, Business Resiliency Program Manager at the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), has been appointed to a national committee reviewing standards and best practices in business continuity management.

The grant will help to preserve affordable housing for 5,000 families, seniors and people with disabilitie TALLAHASSEE, FL - February 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — At a press conference today, representatives from the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing), the Florida Housing Coalition (FHC)

February 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The new economic stimulus legislation signed into law by President Obama on Feb. 17 contains several provisions that will be beneficial for members – and help stimulate demand for housing.

TAMPA - February 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Institute for Business & Home Safety applauds the Texas House of Representatives Select Committee on Hurricane Ike for the breadth and depth of its assessment of the devastation to the Texas Gulf Coast, as well as the speed with which the findings were issued

MONTVERDE - February 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Lake And Sumter Emergency Recovery (LASER) is asking the community to donate building materials to repair a manufactured home in the Montverde area that was damaged during the 2004 hurricanes but wasn’t repaired correctly.

ATLANTA - February 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Hotel Indigo today announces the opening of its fourth property in Florida and second to enter the Miami market. A contemporary and unpretentious boutique, Hotel Indigo Miami Lakes provides guests a refreshing and upscale hotel experience at a reasonable price.

January 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The January 21 Noon meeting of the CDBIA Green Building Council will feature Ed Binkley for a discussion about "Affordable Green."

TAMPA, FL - January 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) announced that Odell Associates Inc., based in Charlotte, NC, has been chosen to lead the architectural/engineering design team for its world class disaster research facility