Chamber News

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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Employee Benefits in 2023 to be Marked by Shifting Models and Makeup

With 2023 around the corner, U.S. employers continued to grapple with the unprecedented challenge of finding enough workers to fill open jobs. Keeping those they do have both on the job and happy enough to stay is just as difficult. And even if widespread expectations of a recession in 2023 are met, it’s unlikely to […]

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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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Leon County needs thousands more jobs to stay competitive, according to economic forecast

From the Tallahassee Democrat An economic forecast for Leon County shows more than 15,000 jobs are needed by 2030 in order for the capital city to be competitive in the future. Terrie Ard, who chairs the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, said the organization has for three years tracked the number of jobs […]

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Ebe Randeree and His Solution to Talent Retention

The story dates back to 2016, when Ebe Randeree, Associate Dean of FSU’s College of Communication & Information (CCI), and tech industry leader, Lester Hutt were looking for a way to attract and retain recent college graduates in the capital city. Tallahassee is home to more than 100 tech-based companies and the industry is responsible […]

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Tallahassee: A Place Where Industries Can Thrive

Danfoss Turbocor® has been delivering energy-efficient technologies across the globe from their campus in Innovation Park for more than 15 years. Tallahassee, home to Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and Tallahassee Community College, provides a talent pipeline for its operations and an opportunity for research collaborations with students and faculty. “In order to continue […]

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