Business & Commerce

ters on its 6,800-acre campus, whose facilities include a 60,000-square-foot hangar for development programs and a 45,000-square-foot hangar for production work on its international Black Hawk line.

Communications

plaza, and improvements to its parking garage and Dreyfoos Hall lobby.

The Palm Beach County Convention Center is another significant asset, featuring a 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall, 25,000-square-foot ballroom and 23,000 square feet of flexible breakout space. The Hilton West Palm Beach serves the convention center via a covered walkway and is adjacent to The Square shopping and dining esplanade. Three miles from PBI and two miles from the beach and replete with both business-focused and resort-style amenities, “it is the ideal location for leisure, meeting or business travelers,” said General Manager David Ecija.

A Diverse Economy

Take a closer look at Palm Beach County’s highly diverse economic base and the sectors it serves.

Agriculture

Palm Beach County is one of the nation’s breadbaskets. The largest agricultural county in Florida and eighth-largest in the U.S., the sector generates more than $2 billion an- nually to the county economy, primarily through the production of sugarcane and the processing of raw sugar and winter vegetables, including sweet corn. It accounts for 75 percent of both the state’s commercial sugarcane acreage and total harvested sugarcane tonnage.

Aviation/Aerospace

Aviation and aerospace soar in northern Palm Beach County. It is home to United Technologies, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, develops and tests its latest helicop-

Palm Beach County’s communications sector connects with a wide variety of media services and providers. These include the Palm Beach Post daily newspaper and broadcast stations WPTV (Channel 5), WPEC (Channel 12), WPBF-TV (Channel 25), WFLX (Fox 29) and WBWP-TV (Channel 57). The region’s businesses also benefit from a full array of digital communications services, broadband connections and networking solutions.

Construction, Engineering, Land Planning and Design

From the beachfront to the edge of the Everglades, Palm Beach County’s commercial and residential construction is nonetheless boundless. Urban infill projects and new suburbs and business parks are serving the influx of people and