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Orange County, Fla., hasn't given up on biotech project.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2004

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 13--Orange County is doing some last-minute lobbying of the Scripps Research Institute, just in case the biotech giant runs into problems when its plans go before the Palm Beach County Commission today.

Orange County Commissioner Linda Stewart said she lobbied Scripps President Richard Lerner on Tuesday to reconsider Orlando should Scripps' deal with Palm Beach fall apart.

The La Jolla, Calif.-based institute studied a site near Lake Nona for a Florida campus, before settling on a citrus grove west of Palm Beach Gardens.

Gov. Jeb Bush, who orchestrated Scripps' move to Florida, has compared its economic impact to the arrival of Walt Disney World in Orlando....

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