Florida Heartland Economic Region of Opportunity (FHERO)
About Florida’s Heartland
Businesses in Florida’s Heartland are strategically positioned to benefit from unique assets such as:
- 7 deepwater ports, 8 international airports, 2 regional airports, 9 municipal airparks, 3 railroads, 3 major interstates, plus the Florida Turnpike
- Countless acres of available land
- 2 foreign trade zones
- A workforce of approximately 125,000 within the region and approximately 3 million in contiguous counties
- A high-speed wireless broadband network, provided by the Florida Rural Broadband Alliance