Beam Furr
speaker
37,255 appearances
42 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 3 Mar
Beam Furr’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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To a region like ours dependent on tourism,
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The diminishment of the U.S.
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brand has resulted not only in a loss of global influence, but tourism revenue as well.
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It has resulted in a decline in international visitors and a drop in foreign trust and favorability toward U.S.
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companies and products.
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It has affected how we compete in the global market.
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We have seen some of those effects locally, from our occupancy rate to the number of Canadian and Mexican tourists visiting South Florida.
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But despite this immense challenge, we should take heart in our response.
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Our response as a county and as a commission has been to open the best new convention center anywhere in the country with a view every city in this country will be jealous over.
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And within a few weeks, a hotel right next to it.
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Our response has been to break a new record every day with the amount of cruise passengers coming through our port with no end in sight.
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Our response has been, as recently as last Friday, to hold an industry day, inviting the best of the best businesses to our airport to join us in reimagining what is possible at FLL.
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Our response has been to lean into our strengths as a diverse, multicultural home that loves and welcomes everybody under the sun, despite what is being portrayed on the world stage.
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And I can say with confidence that we are positioned well for the future.
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And the challenges didn't only come from the national environment.
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On the state level, we were faced with getting this letter from DOGE, the State Department of Government Efficiency, that they would like to examine our books and look into how we are spending our money on transportation, on the Green New Deal, their words, DEI, and a few other things.
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Just one more poke at home rule.
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The two weeks followed,
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The two weeks following are burned into my brain and always will be, besides having to interrupt a canoe trip down the Bethlicoochee River.
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It was a whirlwind of compilation of documents and data, right while we were in the middle of our budget season.
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