Biotech Bet

Shifting to a more high-tech “innovation economy” may be easier said than done for a state economy long driven by the population growth engine.

For a state destined to become demographically dominated more than ever by migrating retirees, the situation creates what University of West Florida economist Rick Harper says is “an interesting paradox.”

But “damn the demographic torpedoes,” Enterprise Florida, the state's principal economic development organization, is planning to do just that.