• Gov.-elect Rick Scott will bring his “Let’s Get to Work” Jobs Tour today to Flightstar Aircraft Services at Cecil Commerce Center. Scott will meet with aviation industry leaders to discuss their impact on the state and local economies and opportunities to create jobs. A town hall discussion will be held at Flightstar at 9 a.m.
• Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc. is scheduled to ask the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission Thursday for a $150,000 Qualified Target Industry tax refund to create 50 jobs. Embraer plans a final assembly facility at Jacksonville International Airport for a single-engine turboprop light attack aircraft to sell to the U.S. Department of Defense. The 50 jobs would be hired by the end of 2012 and pay an average wage of $49,526, plus benefits. The City would pay $30,000 of the refund and the state would pay $120,000. The deal would then go to City Council.
• Misty Skipper, spokeswoman for Mayor John Peyton, will be on maternity leave the next several months. Kristen Beach takes over.
• Baptist Medical Center Beaches will break ground at 9 a.m. Wednesday on its new front entrance and renovation of its main lobby.
• Gov. Charlie Crist will soon announce up to three inductees into the 2010-11 Florida Women’s Hall of Fame from the list of 10 finalists selected by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women. Among them is the late MaVynee Betsch of American Beach, a conservationist and a leader in helping communities throughout the country preserve their cultural heritage. Affectionately known as the “Beach Lady,” Ms. Betsch died in 2005.