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Tax Incentives, Workforce, Training are Key Issues in Second Half
From the status of the budget to funding projections and the progress of key bills, we have compiled current information on the legislative issues that will have a direct impact on economic development in the region and across the state. House Wrapping up Budget Process The Florida House Appropriations Committee [...]
Business tools can help with expansion
While many New Year’s resolutions have been cast away by now, the new business year is just getting started. That means business plans are being updated, taxes are being prepared and changes are being considered. One of the main missions of the Economic Development Council of Tallahassee-Leon County is to [...]
EDC introduces new marketing strategy, goals for the year
Energized by signs of an improving economy, the Economic Development Council of Tallahassee-Leon County is ready to help the Tallahassee area make a “quantum leap” in business expansion in the coming years, chairman Karen Moore said Thursday. The EDC’s first board meeting of 2012 was devoted to introducing the new [...]
EDC: Aviation and Aerospace Important to Economy
Business and academic leaders are in Tallahassee to discuss the future of aerospace in Florida. Tal-Tech Alliance hosted a roundtable discussion today (Wednesday.) They talked about research, investment, exploration and commerce for the aerospace industry. Members say Wednesday’s groundbreaking of the space shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center [...]
Blue Center Now Open in Tallahassee
The Florida Blue Center is now open in Tallahassee. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida created the first interactive environment to give customers face-to-face consultations on complex health insurance issues, receive free preventative health screenings and participate in wellness events. Local leaders joined the company for the ribbon cutting [...]
Governor Rick Scott Reappoints Karen Moore to TCC Board of Trustees
Governor Rick Scott announced the reappointment of Karen B. Moore to the District Board of Trustees, Tallahassee Community College. Moore, 54, of Tallahassee, is the founder and chief executive officer of Moore Consulting Group. In addition to serving as EDC Chair, she sits on the Florida Center for Universal Research [...]
Workforce Boards Creating Jobs: Workforce plus in Top 10
Underscoring the commitment of Florida’s entire workforce system to helping unemployed Floridians get to work, the state’s 24 regional workforce boards reported more than 25,000 job placements for the month of December 2011. “We must ensure we are measuring the most important outcome as we work to improve Florida’s economy, [...]
TCC Celebrates Manufacturing Students’ Success in ETAM program
In November of last year, Tallahassee Community College and WORKFORCE plus announced a partnership to form the Engineering Technology and Advanced Manufacturing (ETAM) project, a program designed to help job-seekers receive training that will increase their overall marketability. TCC is now celebrating the first group of students completing the Manufacturing Fundamentals course. Seven [...]
Tallahassee Flyers Rake in the Rewards
Tallahassee Regional Airport has launched the Thanks Again customer rewards program, which allows customers to earn miles for all qualifying Tallahassee airport dining, shopping and parking transactions. To participate, customers must register a valid American Express or Visa credit card with the program. By purchasing items with their registered credit [...]
Tallahassee Breaks Ground on College Town District
Continuing the City of Tallahassee’s vision for the transformation of Gaines Street, Seminole Boosters, Inc., Hooper Construction, Inc. and private investors broke ground recently for College Town – a distinctive living, dining and entertainment district designed to link downtown Tallahassee and Florida State University in a vibrant “Main Street” setting [...]