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Green Empire
Ziewitz, Kathryn; Wiaz, June
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Description for Green Empire
Paperback. The St Joe Company is a fiscally powerful force in the real-estate development of northwest Florida, with access to influential people in government. This factual history describes the St Joe Company from the days of its founders to the workings and dealings of its heirs. It is of interest to those concerned with land use and growth management. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 b&w photos, 5 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK; RN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Since the Great Depression, the St. Joe Company (formerly the St. Joe Paper Company) has been Florida's largest landowner, a forestry and transportation conglomerate that owns nearly one million acres, mainly in northwestern Florida, where undeveloped coastal and riverside landscapes boast some of the state's most scenic and ecologically diverse areas. For 60 years, the company focused on lumber and paper production. In the late 1990s, the company shifted directions: it sold its paper mill, changed its name, and launched a concerted drive to turn its natural-resource assets into greater profits. Today the St. Joe Company is a critical and ... Read more
Since the Great Depression, the St. Joe Company (formerly the St. Joe Paper Company) has been Florida's largest landowner, a forestry and transportation conglomerate that owns nearly one million acres, mainly in northwestern Florida, where undeveloped coastal and riverside landscapes boast some of the state's most scenic and ecologically diverse areas. For 60 years, the company focused on lumber and paper production. In the late 1990s, the company shifted directions: it sold its paper mill, changed its name, and launched a concerted drive to turn its natural-resource assets into greater profits. Today the St. Joe Company is a critical and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813029511
SKU
V9780813029511
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About Ziewitz, Kathryn; Wiaz, June
Kathryn Ziewitz is an environmental writer whose work has appeared in Sierra, Florida Naturalist, and High County News. She has served as director of the St. Andrews Project, a grassroots effort to revitalize a waterfront community in Panama City, and she is currently a high school teacher in Boy County, Florida. June Wiaz has worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection ... Read more
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