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Chamber Urges Blueprint IA to Continue Commitment for Investment in Infrastructure and Economic Development Projects

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, this correspondence is to underscore the critical importance of the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency’s (IA) commitment to the vision for investment in infrastructure and economic development projects within our community given the most recent Blueprint IA meetings and discussions of projects. For […]

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Inaugural North Florida Worlds of Work Completed with Great Success

The inaugural North Florida Worlds of Work (WOW) welcomed over 2,000 high school students to the campuses of Tallahassee Community College and Lively Technical College last Thursday and Friday. By all accounts, the event was a huge success! Over 100 employers (bringing at least 300 employees with them) engaged with students through a variety of […]

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Corrie Melton, Vice President of Membership and Talent Development Named Florida’s Workforce Partner of the Year

This morning, Corrie Melton, Vice President of Membership and Talent Development at the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce was recognized as the Florida’s Workforce Partner of the Year by the Florida Workforce Development Association.  This award announcement was made at the 2023 Workforce Professional Development Summit in Orlando, Florida where hundreds of Workforce Development leaders and partners […]

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Chamber Launches Initiative to Help Advance Tallahassee

The Chamber Invites You to Share Your Opinion on Tallahassee’s Future, Asks Residents “How Would You Advance Tallahassee?” The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce has launched a new initiative inviting Tallahassee business leaders and community members at large to answer a simple yet foundational question: “How would you advance Tallahassee?” As Tallahassee enters its bicentennial […]

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Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Foundation receives a $50,000 grant from Truist Foundation in support of local talent efforts

Florida is the country’s third most populous state and by 2030, the Capital City will need more than 12,000 new jobs to be prepared for the future. Leon County has one of the highest job-growth stagnation rates of any other county in the state and the community is facing a critical talent shortage. As a […]

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We Believe in and Practice What We Sell – Recognition, Sam Varn, Awards4U

When I moved my family to Tallahassee in 1987, I knew one person – my brother. I had just bought our company and I was eager to build and expand our customer base. I had previously worked for a large awards company in Tampa for 11 years, spending the last six, opening and developing one […]

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Classroom Connection: An Investment in our Future Leaders

Numbers don’t lie and the staggering statistics we saw through our Community Scorecard and the Florida Chamber’s Scorecard prompted us to take action as a business community on an issue that will have great effects on the future of our community. Currently, there are more than 10,000 students living in poverty in Leon County. Nearly […]

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How shall we grow?

From the Tallahassee Democrat The job crisis in our community is a crisis of skill – not job availability. The growth debate in our community is not about whether we will grow – but more importantly, how we will manage this growth. This is why the Tallahassee Chamber is laser focused on addressing the skills and talent […]

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