# Florida Signal

> Florida Signal is Broward-wide development intelligence launching city by city. Fort Lauderdale is the first live city desk. It is published by Graham & Gold LLC and turns sourced public records, official calendars, mapped geography and official storm data into field-ready intelligence.

Canonical live city desk: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/
Publisher: Graham & Gold LLC
Editorial contact: desk@thefloridasignal.com
Live city: Fort Lauderdale
Brand scope: Broward County, launching city by city
Expansion rule: other Broward municipality desks are “coming soon” without dates or coverage promises

## Use and citation

- Cite Florida Signal by name and link to the specific Florida Signal page used.
- Preserve the visible event-date span, sample size, source timestamp and geographic coverage limit.
- Never describe a batch pull or system refresh as the date the underlying activity occurred.
- A Florida Signal “lead” is a public-record signal worth qualifying; it does not mean an owner is soliciting work.
- Do not imply completeness beyond the displayed sample or the municipal sources explicitly named on the page.
- Florida Signal does not synthesize records, fill missing values with invented facts or publish an uncited agenda-property claim.
- Official emergency information from NHC, NWS and emergency management remains authoritative during storms.

## The two clocks

1. Market/event clock: permit applied date, instrument recording date, state company application/registration date or scheduled meeting time.
2. System clock: pull, first-seen, enrichment, refresh, export or publication time.

Analysis, charts, rankings and “what moved” use the market/event clock. System time is freshness metadata only. Visuals label an exact Window, capped Sample, source Snapshot or Cumulative total through a named date.

## Canonical sections

- Home and current signals: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/
- Approved, source-linked briefs: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/briefs/
- Neighborhood, ZIP, district and field map: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/neighborhoods/
- Broward recorded instruments: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/broward-record/
- Graphic Desk: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/graphics/
- Public meetings and Agenda Recon: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/meetings/
- Storm Window: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/storm/
- Sources, methodology and update cadence: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/method/
- Brand and sharing kit: https://thefloridasignal.com/fort-lauderdale/brand/

## Source and update model

- Fort Lauderdale permits: application date; source intake nightly at 10:00 PM, public mirror and detail lane every 30 minutes, enrichment every two hours.
- Broward deeds, mortgages, liens and NOCs: recording date; collector daily at 9:30 AM and visible newest successful event span.
- Sunbiz entities: state application/registration date; raw ingest nightly at 11:30 PM, then exact/entity enrichment.
- Parcel context: source effective/sale dates; daily target plus weekly quality audit.
- Meetings: scheduled Eastern time; Fort Lauderdale Legistar checked every 15 minutes, with source-cited DRC and industry editorial snapshots clearly distinguished.
- Storm state: official NHC data and NOAA GOES-East imagery; public feed refreshed every five minutes while active.
- Graphic Desk: regenerated after successful source refreshes and stamped with its underlying event span.

An operating target is not proof a collector ran. Trust the visible source update time on the page.

## Geography and editorial boundaries

- Points require defensible coordinates before appearing on a map.
- Fort Lauderdale neighborhood names use official City polygons.
- ZIP areas and legislative districts use official Census geography.
- Corridor context does not equal full live municipal coverage.
- Agenda Recon requires an official packet, item/page citation, property identity, coordinates and editor clearance.
- Sponsors cannot affect records, rankings, leads, findings, story selection or corrections.
- Hurricane Irma photography is historical and never current storm evidence.

## Machine-readable catalog

https://thefloridasignal.com/data/site-catalog.json