Tallahassee, Fla. – The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists for the 2016 Chamber Awards taking place Tuesday, June 7 at 11:30am at the University Center Club. The Chamber Awards is an annual ceremony recognizing businesses for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the community. The announcement of the 21 finalists from over […]
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The Chamber’s Business Advocacy Committee continues to monitor local government and report out information that may be pertinent for your business. Below you will find highlighted items in the upcoming County and City Commission meetings that we wanted to bring your your attention, in addition to updates of ongoing BAC efforts. LEON COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING 5/10 AT 3:00PM Approval of a […]
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MOBILITY FEE STUDY The Chamber staff and BAC members have met with City & County staff to share our concerns about the mobility fee, our frustration with the concurrency fee system as it exists today and our desire to help shape a more meaningful structure going forward. Based on those discussions, staff expects the Chamber […]
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MOBILITY FEE UPDATE The City of Tallahassee and Leon County have both recently voted to move forward with consideration of hiring a consultant to study the possibilities of implementing a new mobility fee in the city and county. Each Commission has decided to host the full discussion regarding the hiring of a consultant during their […]
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CHAMBER SUPPORTS PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM On February 29th, the Intergovernmental Agency (IA) – made up of the city and county commission – will vote to establish itself as the region’s new economic development organization (EDO) responsible for determining projects and initiatives to fund with $90 million expected from the Blueprint penny sales tax. Within […]
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February 1, 2016 Dear Tallahassee Business Friend and Member: It’s still early in 2016 and that provides a great opportunity to give you an update on several fronts – as one of our valued, loyal members of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce. We’re proud to promote and advocate for you and the more than […]
From the Tallahassee Democrat As 2015 comes to a close, more small businesses are encouraged to see Tallahassee’s economy strengthening and that will likely lead to more new hires, expansions and relocations. Owners may also decide to invest back into the business with major purchases. Key economic factors point up. Business are seeing increased sales. […]
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NOISE ORDINANCE STILL NEEDS WORK The Greater Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce has been actively engaged in this issue going back to 2013. We have hosted forums for the business community to provide their input and perspectives on the ordinance, we have had Chamber leadership sit on a community panel staffed by the City and recently […]
Heather Teter, City of Tallahassee Today, Sixel Consulting Group announced that the Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) will be home to the 14th Sixel Airports Conference. According to Sixel, the Airports Conference, which will take place next spring, will have an estimated economic impact of $90,000 to the Tallahassee tourism market. Airports from all over the […]
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James Moore, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants (James Moore) is pleased to welcome Donna Bicknell, Amanda Glover, Stephanie Massey, and Johan Van Wyk to the firm. Bicknell will serve as a Senior Consultant in the Accounting and Controllership Services department. Prior to joining the firm, Bicknell worked as a Regional Accounting Manager for the country’s […]
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