Tallahassee Chamber Selected for National Workforce Training Program
The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is one of seven organizations selected by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) to participate in a new national program to help strengthen chamber of commerce partnerships with community colleges and community organizations to increase the number of adult learners of color who earn an industry-relevant credential or degree. […]
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The Tallahassee tech disconnect: Qualified candidates hard to come by for hidden sector
The technology industry is exploding and credited with producing nearly 13,000 jobs in Tallahassee. Yet, for example, there are more than 540 computer and mathematical jobs available in the market, according to CareerSource Capital Region. […]
A roll call of Tallahassee-based tech companies
Here’s a list of those businesses, as provided by Ruvos CEO Eddie Gonzalez Loumiet. He’s leading a local charge to bring more awareness to Tallahassee-based tech companies. […]
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Community Action Plan takes aim at regional workforce gaps in North Florida
The two-phased plan includes three core goals, including the creation of a one-stop online resource for workforce and education information through a website and social media. […]
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‘Nerds’ are cool, in demand and working to address Tallahassee’s tech gap | Opinion
Next, we want to fully leverage the local ecosystem, bringing together tech organizations, TCC, FAMU and FSU and more partners, to plan for the future. […]
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Early Christmas for Riley kindergarteners as Moore Agency, community raise $15,000
As Santa spent time with each child, asking them what they wanted for Christmas, the students would also think of their family when making their requests. […]
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‘I just want everyone to be happy’: Tallahassee kindergartners feel the Christmas love from the community
Friday was a Christmas surprise for the kindergartners of John G. Riley Elementary as The Moore Agency, Second Harvest and countless other businesses pitched in to give them presents and food. […]
Access Tallahassee launches mentorship program aimed at growing young adults
One organization in Tallahassee is taking its game to the next level! […]
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Young professionals working to shape Tallahassee’s future | Opinion
Within Access, we recognize that the decisions of the Tallahassee we will live in 10 and 20 years from today are being made now and there are many young professionals who are helping drive those decisions. […]
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Classroom Connection: Business shows it cares | Opinion
What my students have recently received is a whole lot more than “a little bit.” Thanks to the Greater Tallahassee Chamber’s Classroom Connection program, my students have been showered with attention and more is on the way. […]
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Businesses needed for Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce’s Classroom Connection
Caroline Berryman with Architects Lewis and Whitlock is a Classroom Connection sponsor. She says she encourages more businesses to take advantage of this opportunity. […]
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Tallahassee is a great place on the brink of more greatness | Opinion
The Chamber’s promotion of a community scorecard is a fantastic tool. What I heard at the conference was sobering, but unsurprising – Tallahassee’s job growth has lagged and, thus, poverty and crime have been a chronic problem. […]
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Local retailers experience product shortage brought on by the pandemic
From WCTV TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – From the supermarket to the big box stores, to mom and pop shops, the pandemic is impacting a lot of things we buy right now. Retailers are asking consumers to be patient as product shortages continue to be felt across all industries. “On the apparel side we’re seeing it […]
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Leon County hosts virtual youth career expo
From WTXL TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Leon County leaders want to help make sure your children are thinking about their futures by presenting a new virtual career expo. In partnership with Leon County Schools, the Office of Economic Vitality and the Grater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, more than 50 local businesses will make themselves available […]
Leon County middle and high school students participate in Leon Works Fall Preview
From WCTV.tv TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – About 5,000 Leon County Schools middle and high school students are learning more about careers they could have in the future. LCS students participated in the Leon Works Fall Preview during the month of September. The virtual program connected students with local businesses and careers, teaching them more about […]
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Leon Works: A career fair for today’s generation of new talent | Opinion
From the Tallahassee Democrat Imagine your Leon County Schools teenager having the opportunity to participate in a live presentation from an executive with a global manufacturer based in Europe and with offices in Tallahassee. Next thing you know, your student is fascinated to learn from the presenter about manufacturing execution systems, Java Swing application development […]
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Community-wide effort in motion to address local job shortage
The Tallahassee Chamber, along with Leon County’s Office of Economic Vitality, and other organizations are teaming up to keep up with the shortages in healthcare, hospitality, and tourism…starting with students […]
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‘A disconnect in Tallahassee’: Medical facilities struggle with ‘staggering’ staff shortages
“This is a crisis,” said Terrie Ard, president and COO of Moore and an executive board member heading up the Chamber’s talent committee. “Looking at the raw data, it’s staggering.” […]
Local group working to help fill medical talent gap | Opinion
The TPM program is a local collaborative of health care provider representatives from our hospitals, physician practices, long-term care facilities and the like. It is open to anyone who wants to help fill the medical talent gap. […]
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Most commissioners mum, Matlow fundraising off of Campbell’s ‘evil men’ comments at Chamber conference
During a discussion about public safety in Tallahassee at the annual conference in Amelia Island, Campbell lambasted Matlow’s continued criticism of the Chamber, which the commissioner says has turned a blind-eye to corruption. […]
Why I joined the Chamber
“When I arrived Tallahassee in the Fall of 1967 to lease Tallahassee's first ever High-Rise office building (now Bank of America bldg.) I was so glad to be an active member of the Chamber; women in business was unheard of then; I was the first female to join the Chamber. We were all so busy doing so much for our community and still the Chamber does so much for our great City of Tallahasseey; my sincere appreciaation to all of you for a greeat Job benefiting all of us! ”
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