Recently I’ve
had the opportunity to spend some time in the Brevard County city of
Titusville.
All I can say
is: Wow! There’s a lot going on in Titusville!
With the end
of NASA’s Space Shuttle program many people assumed that Titusville would dry
up into a ghost town.
Far from it.
In early January I attended a Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce lunch in the
middle of the day. There were at least 50 owners and others in attendance and
nobody was frowning. Nearly everyone shared news about initiatives to expand
their businesses.
The end of
the Spaced Shuttle program was certainly painful and costs lots of jobs.
But
Titusville, capital of the Space Coast, certainly isn’t out of the space
business. Far from it!
United Launch
Alliance, SpaceX and other commercial space entrepreneurs are still very busy
along the Space Coast. And it’s not as though NASA and the Defense Department
have closed up shop. There have already been two launches at the Cape this year.
Another dozen private and government space shots are scheduled for 2014 at
Kennedy Space Center.
Yet there’s a
lot more than space going on in Titusville.
The historic
downtown area is starting to bloom again with the likes of City Glitter boutique (my wife could have a ball in there).
The same is
true on A1A. The Ace Hardware store is expanding its business to business
operations, a new owner recently purchased and performed major renovations to the
movie theater at the Searstown Mall. Plans are underway to raze the old Miracle
City Mall and redevelop the site. And they’re still serving up tasty
breakfasts, lunches and dinners at Mr. Submarine & Salads.
Three cheers
for Titusville!
