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For Immediate Release June 8, 2010 Media Contact: Jordan Jacobs Director, Communications & Marketing Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce 850.521.3107 jjacobs@chamber.clientwebstage.com CHAMBER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2010 SMALL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce held its 25th annual 2010 Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon recognizing small businesses and […]

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By: Beth Kirkland, Executive Director, Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County, Inc. The Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County and the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce serve the local business community in different, but complementary ways. Each has specific programs that focus on providing opportunities for business success, and on May 20, two of them […]

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The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the 2010 Small Business Excellence Awards finalists. Support the finalists by attending the awards lunch! Small Business of the Year 1-4 Employees 71 Proof, LLC Administrative Professional Services & Solutions, LLC Boot Camp Fitness & Training Small Business of the Year 5-30 Employees Carpet One […]

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A new crop of leaders graduated from the Youth Leadership Tallahassee (YLT) last week and future leaders have been selected for Class 7. YLT is a program of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Tallahassee. YLT was created as a way to provide opportunities for area high school students to develop an understanding […]

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At today’s Executive Committee Meeting it was the decision of the Executive Committee that a statement needed to be produced and distributed to the Board and full membership, as the County Commission is voting on this issue today. The Executive Committee has approved the following statement The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is always dedicated […]

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Please consider this note an explanation of the Chamber’s originial intent to provide a position to the Leon County Commission about its scheduled vote next week on human rights that has generated some confusion and controversy. We want to strongly represent the business community in providing a clear and concise voice about the issue. We […]

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Each week, several groups of three or four businesspeople from around the Tallahassee area get together for lunch. But who their lunch-mates are is usually a surprise. That’s the whole idea. In January, the Chamber launched its Connect For Lunch program.  Each week, members have lunch with two or three different members.  Meeting at local […]

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The Leon County Executive Committee for the Vote No on Amendment 4 will be hosting message training to assist the teams who will be part of speakers and writers bureaus. This training will concentrate on how to present the key reasons that we should all “Vote No on 4”: ·Amendment 4 will cost jobs, raise […]

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It doesn’t take any training to recognize that the world’s economy has taken a significant downturn. It does take effective and proven professional development training to guide impacted organizations back to the summit. Florida A&M University is proud to bring Disney’s Approach to Business Excellence program, presented by the world renowned Disney Institute, to the […]

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At the Leadership Tallahassee Building Better Boards seminar, one of the sessions, “Board Leadership from a Military Perspective” includes three experienced board chairs, all retired military flag officers, who will discuss the roles of board members and techniques for leading successful boards. Panel members will offer insights into board service followed by a Q & […]

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