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The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Susan Strother Clarke Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2003

By Susan Strother Clarke, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 9--FORGET TECH HOMELAND SECURITY IS HOT: As the saying goes, when you've got lemons, make lemonade.

That's the feeling at Enterprise Florida, the state's economic-development agency. War jitters and concerns about the economy have slowed the group's primary focus -- helping technology and manufacturing companies move or expand here.

So, chief Darrell Kelley is turning attentions to another industry he hopes to lure -- chiefly, homeland security businesses.

He's got some blue-sky plans, including the creation of a national center for disaster preparedness that would assist groups and businesses all over the country.

But...

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