February’s Local Business Saturday

February’s Local Business Saturday Specials In an effort to help revitalize our local economy, Tallahassee Mayor John Marks along with the City of Tallahassee, Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Capital City Chamber of Commerce and local businesses have launched a Local Business Saturday program. The second Saturday of each the month in 2011 will be […]

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Receive Free Strategic Communications Counsel

Moore Consulting Group, one of O’Dwyer’s top 60 public relations agencies in the nation, welcomes 2011 with the opportunity for 11 business, non-profit organizations and government agencies based in the greater Tallahassee area to participate in six exclusive sessions designed to help agencies make the most of their communications efforts. The program, “11 in 2011,” […]

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Plans Are Not Executed Without Timely Change & A Focus On Eliminating Excuses

By Donny Barstow, President of MCCi, Leadership Tallahassee Class 26 graduate, and member of the Chamber’s Small Business Resource Committee There is discomfort and stress in constantly feeling the need to change and eliminate excuses.   We push ourselves to rid these uncomfortable feelings because in our gut we know that something has to be done […]

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Chamber And Its Affiliates Are Moving

It’s official, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce will soon be moving to its new home in downtown Tallahassee. From our new location, we will continue to be your one-stop-shop for business resources, tools and opportunities. We look forward to working with our 1,600 local businesses and 52,000 employees from our new Class A office […]

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Local Business Saturday

JANUARY 2011 SPECIALS In an effort to help revitalize our local economy, Tallahassee Mayor John Marks along with the City of Tallahassee, Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Capital City Chamber of Commerce and local businesses have announced, that every second Saturday of the month in 2011 will be designated as a Local Business Saturday. This […]

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Workers Lead As Long As Leaders Work

By Donny Barstow, President of MCCi, Leadership Tallahassee Class 26 Graduate, and member of the Chamber’s Small Business Resource Committee We help guide others and help them form goals periodically, and then expect everyone to be off and running/executing. We know to let them have ownership and not to meddle in things in between goal […]

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What Is Groupon? Could It Work For My Business? What Do I Need To Know First?

By Matt Thompson – Director of Digital Strategy for The Zimmerman Agency In November 2010 Groupon burst onto the Tallahassee scene offering steep discounts to any Tallahassee subscriber. In 30 days, a lot has changed with the service, making the revenue split with Groupon a bit more palatable for many of the Chamber’s small businesses. […]

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EDC Focused On High-Growth Industries Healthy For Local Economy

If you talk to anyone involved with eco­nomic develop­ment in our region, the phrase “targeted industry sectors” is certain to be mentioned at some point in the conversation. And while it may sound like insider jar­gon, it actually is a fun­damental building block for smart, sustainable growth in our area for years to come. Like […]

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Chamber Encouraging Tallahassee to ‘Shop Local’

In the spirit of the holidays, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is opening up one of its most popular member benefits to the entire business community. From now until the end of the year, the Chamber is making available coupons in its exclusive Member-to-Member Discount program to all local business owners and their employees, […]

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Focus on Local Business is EDC’s priority

In the world of economic development, like many other areas of business, it is often the behind-the-scenes events that have the greatest impact. While the Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County gets lots of attention from the community when a company relocates here, (or even as we pursue those opportunities), it is our day-to-day work […]

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