“Between the recession and the 2010 oil spill, economist Rick Harper hasn’t had much good news to share the past four years. That changed Thursday morning when he was one of the guest speakers at the Building Industry Association of Okaloosa & Walton Counties’ 2012 Economic and Housing Forecast Breakfast. Harper, director of the University of West Florida’s Office of Economic Development and Engagement, said the past three months have been very strong for job growth in Okaloosa County. For November, the latest month that data is available, the county had more than 93,500 jobs, which was up about 5,000 jobs from the previous year.”
“’This is a happy economic forecast,’ Harper said. ‘I’m happy to say this is the brightest economic outlook I’ve done in the last four years.’
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