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WESH 2 PRESENTS CHRONICLE: SPACE COAST COMEBACK

Orlando, Fla. (December 8, 2017) – The next installment of WESH 2 Chronicle covers the turnaround of the Space Coast. Following the Shuttle era, unemployment was more than 10% for three years and the area’s foreclosure rate was one of the highest in the country. WESH 2 Chronicle highlights how three Brevard County leaders were part of a team that turned around the community. In the six and a half years since the Space Shuttle program ended, unemployment has been cut in half and there are virtually no foreclosures today. WESH 2’s Jim Payne sits down with these leaders to find out how they brought jobs, development and prosperity back to Brevard County. He also has an exclusive interview with U.S. Senator – and former astronaut - Bill Nelson. Chronicle will also explore how Brevard County got back in the Space race because of private companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and OneWeb, whose commercial applications of space are driving the high-tech comeback. “The WESH 2 Chronicle franchise highlights important issues and topics in our communities,” says John R. Soapes, President and General Manager of WESH 2 and CW18/WKCF. WESH 2 Chronicle: Space Coast Comeback will air Wednesday, December 13th at 8:00 p.m. on WESH 2. ###

Contact: John R. Soapes, President and General Manager, WESH 2 (407) 645-2222

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