If you’ve been driving around town (especially on Old Dixie Highway, for some reason), you may have noticed the rise in popularity of e-bikes. While there are some benefits to riding around on a bike with an electric motor, there are also some risks. I have gotten surprised on more than one occasion by e-bikes that speed into intersections from the sidewalk, but maybe I’m just having bad luck.
The cold weather has arrived! You may have seen an iceberg floating through Indian River Lagoon early this morning. There are kids building an igloo on South Beach right now. All the pipes in downtown Vero have burst. These are dire times.
Mortgage rates are the lowest they have been in three years. If they low rates hold, that’s good news for the housing market as the busy season gets underway.
The Vero Beach Farmer’s Market is a wonderful place to spend a Saturday morning. Every Saturday from 8am-12pm, you can swing by 3000 Ocean Drive to enjoy a variety of fresh and unique foods, live music and more.
If you or someone you know if looking for a new job this year, Foxtown Education can help you gain some new skills. The programs they offer are all very fast and easy, arming you with education in a variety of fields that are all in high-demand. Skip the 2-year or 4-year degree and get a great job in the next few months.
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More businesses in Vero Beach and Sebastian accepting bitcoin for payments every day. What was once dismissed as “funny internet money” is now becoming mainstream, with payments becoming available at our local businesses. Now that Fortune 500 companies are holding bitcoin in their corporate treasuries, perhaps it’s time for us to pay a little more attention to what is being heralded by some as the future of money.
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The process is simple: Sign up with this link, verify your identity, hook up your bank or debit card of choice, purchase $20 of bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrency and you’ll get a $30 credit to your account. That’s it! It’s a no brainer if you’re even a little curious about it. With our national debt at all-time highs and growing every day with no plan to ever pay it off, it can’t hurt to diversify a little.
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