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Normal 7.8 磅 false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "Medical city" takes shape: The first anchor tenants have started moving into the planned "medical city" in the 7,000-acre Lake Nona development in southeast Orlando, creating an influx of high-wage jobs B Charm : * Burnham Institute for Medical Research, which opened in May, eventually will employ more than 300 people with $27.8 million in annual salaries and benefits. * The University of Central Florida College of Medicine, where the first class of 40 students started classes in August 2009, will employ 350 with $40.6 million in annual salaries and benefits A Charm . * The Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center plans to add 1,170 jobs when it opens in 2012, eventually ramping up to 2,100 and paying $262 million in salaries and benefits. * Lake Nona's largest project--a Nemours Children's Hospital set to open in 2012--expected to create almost 5,100 jobs paying $166 million in wages in its construction phase alone, in its first two years after opening, Nemours will create a projected 1,900 hospital jobs paying $109 million in annual wages, eventually building its staff to 2,600 Two Hearts Charm Red . Getting to know you: In an innovative marketing campaign using a variety of social media, the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission features business leaders, elected officials and residents touting what they like about living and working in central Florida. As part of the "Orlando Works" initiative, Twitter enthusiasts share their favorite things about the region in 140-character descriptions (@OrlandoWorks); businesses post information about their companies on YouTube (www.youtube.com/orlandoworks) and Flickr (Orlando Works group page); and Facebook pages from the Metro Orlando EDC, Film Orlando and bioOrlando provide additional information.
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