Viera, gained state permission and county acquiescence to create a self-governing board named the Viera Stewardship District that could raise taxes and sell bonds to pay for roads, water lines, pumping stations and other infrastructure needed to support the construction of 16,500 houses, apartments and condominiums. The company proved that development could fund itself. Industry The Brevard economy has been driven by Trade, Transportation and Utilities (18%), Professional and Business Services (17%), Total government (15%), Education and Health (14%), Manufacturing (12%), Leisure and hospitality (10%), Construction (6%), Financial (4%). In 2012 local government employed 21,000 workers. Over the years the percentage has varied from 7.2% to 7.9% of the population. The number of people working in construction dropped from 2,630 in 2005 to 1,420 in 2010. Port Canaveral is one of the world's busiest cruise port. There are seven cruise lines, with six major cruise terminals. There is of covered freight storage capacity. It handled of cargo in 2004. The port has contributed $500 million annually to the county's economy. Two hospitals were among the top five private employers in the county, together employing 8,850 in 2009. In 2008, 14,865 workers were employed at the NASA/Kennedy Space Center. The Center directly spent $1.82 billion in the county. A concern has been the probable reassignment of thousands of Space Coast workers when the Space Shuttle is discontinued in 2010. In 2010, 9,000 jobs were expected to be lost from the shuttle and other programs. Each launch contributed $4 million to the county's economy. Annually, $78 million is spent at the Space Center Visitor's Complex, and $5.9 million from space business visitors. In 2014, there were 495 aerospace companies in the county. There were 36,223 workers. Sales and revenue from this industry were $3.4 billion. L3Harris Technologies, headquartered in the county, has the most employees in the private sector, 7,000 in 2019. Two locally headquartered builders, Mercedes Homes and Holiday, were among the top 30 in the nation. Mercedes had $1 billion in sales in 2004. There are 15 Community Redevelopment agencies in the county. They are funded from real estate taxes in the affected area. Cocoa has three, and Eau Gallie, one. Though the area has a relatively small number of high technology companies, 736, a business journal ranked it eighth in the country as a high tech center in 2009. The area had 23,096 high-tech jobs with a ratio of