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Student Business Incubator in the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship Receives Grant
The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship Student Business Incubator in the FSU College of Business is the proud recipient of a Jessie Ball duPont Fund grant to expand its services to minority students engaging in entrepreneurship. With a substantial amount of research revealing that African American and Hispanic-operated businesses [...]
Canopy Development Gets City Zoning Approval
Twenty years ago, the process of exploring a large-scale development in the “Toe” section of Welaunee Plantation began. Last month, the City Commission unanimously approved a zoning change that will make the Canopy development a reality. While the mix of homes and commercial space — with ample buffer zones to [...]
EDC Hosted Economic Discovery Mission in Conjunction with Italian Art Exhibit
For the first time in history, Pinacoteca di Brera, one of the most prestigious museums in Italy, will lend 50 masterpieces from the 16th and 17th centuries to another museum — The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science. The EDC partnered with The Mary Brogan Museum and Enterprise Florida [...]
Tallahassee’s Redwire Expands to Orlando with Acquisition
REDWIRE, LLC, a leading regional provider of electronic security, announced the acquisition of Spectrum Fire & Security based in Longwood, Fla. Spectrum is known for high quality commercial fire and security solutions. The company’s experience in fire systems services combined with REDWIRE’s success with security, access control, video surveillance and [...]
Local Engineering Faculty Members Receive Prestigious Research Awards
Two rising stars on the faculty of Tallahassee’s Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering are recipients of highly competitive research grants offered by the National Science Foundation. Anant K. Paravastu, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, has won a five-year NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, [...]
Local Job Market Showing Encouraging Signs: Online Labor Demand Maintains January’s Momentum
WORKFORCE plus has announced that Gadsden, Leon and Wakulla counties saw labor demand grow in February over the month as well as over the year. In February, the WORKFORCE plus area saw 4,302 online advertised vacancies. This was an increase of 286 jobs from the same period last year and [...]
New Art-Tech Spaces Unveiled at Railroad Square
Adam Kaye, co-owner of Railroad Square Art Park, has announced the development of Tallahassee’s “greenest” mixed-use building, the Art-Tech Hub, to be located just inside the entrance to Railroad Square. Art-Tech Hub will encourage living, working and playing within the Gaines Street corridor, according to Kaye. “The Art-Tech Hub will [...]
Health Care Sector Targeted for Workforce Survey
WORKFORCE plus and Workforce Florida Inc. will soon be reaching to our local healthcare community. Workforce Florida Inc., through the SRA Research Group, will be contacting area healthcare and educational organizations and conducting a brief telephone survey. The survey, part of the Health Care Sector Clinical Capacity and Space Needs [...]
8th Annual Growing with Tallahassee
The 8th Annual Growing with Tallahassee is a unique opportunity for friends and associates from within the real estate, home building, mortgage and residential industries to hold a joint meeting that includes dialog with local, state and federal leaders. The breakfast and panel discussion, presented by the Mortgage Bankers Association [...]
Informational Session on Free Technical Service Offering
On April 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the new Chamber building (115 N. Calhoun St.), the EDC will hold an informational session on the GrowFL program that provides free technical service to qualifying companies. GrowFL supports the growth of Florida businesses by providing a free suite of [...]