By Shary Lyssy Marshall, Times Correspondent
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Bill Stone works with Carol Griffith, lead customer representative at Career Central, to tailor his resume for job listings available at Career Central in Spring Hill. Hernando County’s November unemployment rate, the most recent figure available, was 15.2 percent.
BROOKSVILLE — Is the worst behind us?
No one knows for certain what's around the corner for Hernando County's economy. But a look at five years' worth of economic indicators seems to mark the beginning of what's been called Florida's long climb out of the recession.
Overall, in year-to-year comparisons, numbers appear to be moving in more favorable directions: Housing building permits and home sales are both up; unemployment and foreclosures are both down.
The last quarter of 2010, in particular, also saw greater optimism in the manufacturing sector, said Hernando County economic development director Michael ...