Article: Economy Means More than Numbers to Sarasota County, Fla., Committee.

By Grace Gilbert, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 4--ENGLEWOOD, Fla.--The mood was somber following the weekend's tragic events, but the 85 people gathered at Englewood Community Hospital's Suncoast Auditorium for a breakfast meeting of the Sarasota County Committee for Economic Development heard some positive news.

According to chairman Jimmy Dean, the CED's simple goal is economic expansion for the entire county and plenty of jobs to go around. Kathy Baylis, CED vice president, briefed the group on new perspectives. "Probably nothing better could happen for us than having the Bucs win the Super Bowl," said ...

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