Mike Brassfield

Florida

Managing Editor at Florida Trend

Associate editor for Florida Trend magazine. Girl dad, bookworm, sleep enthusiast and discount philosopher king.

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Articles

Florida Chamber Predicts Robust Growth This Year

2 months ago | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Even in a time of dramatic change, with uncertainty about the potential effects of President Trump’s new tariffs, Florida is poised for robust economic growth this year that will outpace the rest of the nation, the state’s Chamber of Commerce is predicting. “If Florida was a stock, we’d be investing as much as we could,” chamber President Mark Wilson said Thursday at the organization’s annual economic outlook summit. “We create about one out of every 14 new jobs in the United States.
Hitting the Road

2 months ago | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend In the largely rural region of North Central Florida, just getting access to health care can be a challenge. For example, 15 counties there have mammogram rates that are below the state average. And that lack of health care causes problems down the road: Those same 15 counties have above-average rates of advanced-stage cancer diagnosis, which are the hardest cancers to treat.
‘No Man's Land'

Jan 15, 2025 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend John Sodeika was a healthy, active 51-year-old husband and father with two daughters in high school. He loved the outdoors and had just gotten promoted to his dream job at work. But then he started having stomach problems. “At first, you think ‘Okay, it’s a little heartburn.’ When it finally felt like it was time to get it checked out, it was too late,” Sodeika says.
Etiquette Tips for Buying Holiday Presents at Thrift Stores

Nov 25, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mike Brassfield

The Daily Crossword was played 10,288 times last week. Can you solve it faster than others? The Daily Crossword was played 10,288 times last week. Can you solve it faster than others?
Shouldering the Load

Nov 6, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend SPOTLIGHTIn Florida’s future, you might find yourself driving on the shoulder of the road. A pair of Orlando-area expressways are starting to let vehicles drive on the shoulder to reduce the congestion that occurs due to traffic accidents. Other expressways might follow their example.
A Survivor's Story

Oct 28, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend When Rochelle Broder-Singer was told she had breast cancer, she was annoyed. She wasn’t scared or sad — that would come later — but she was aggravated because she knew that all the medical appointments and meetings and driving time before and after cancer surgery were going to take up so much time and energy. “Everyone reacts differently. Some people are paralyzed with fear,” she says.
Expert Advice

Oct 28, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend Headquartered in Tampa, Moffitt Cancer Center is at the forefront of cancer research and treatment. We talked to one of its experts, Dr. Avan Armaghani, about the state of breast cancer in America today. QUESTION: Breast cancer death rates have been decreasing over the years. Why is that?
On the Cutting Edge

Oct 17, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend Ramping Up ResearchFour teams of University of South Florida researchers have each been awarded up to $1 million in seed funding through the Collaborative Research Excellence and Translational Efforts (CREATE) awards, a USF initiative designed to catalyze new research. They were chosen from 72 teams that submitted proposals.
A Fifth Disney Park?

Oct 2, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend SPOTLIGHTA major new deal between Walt Disney World and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District authorizes a maximum of five major theme parks — one more than Disney has in Orlando now. Its fourth theme park, Animal Kingdom, opened 26 years ago, joining the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios.
A Disruptive Era

Sep 25, 2024 | floridatrend.com | Mike Brassfield

Never miss a Feature: Subscribe to Florida Trend Imagine you’re a local power company, and you have to supply electricity to a population that keeps growing like gangbusters. As the moving vans keep coming, you’re expected to keep pumping out more and more juice. How do you do that? Do you just build a new power plant and string up a bunch of power lines? It turns out it’s a bit more complicated than that.