Experts say Tallahassee is in a workforce crisis; right now, the community needs 2,800 additional people to fill the available, open jobs. […]
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Each session touched on some of Tallahassee’s most pressing issues and spotlighted challenges, along with best practices to address them. […]
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As Saturday’s business began with a jam-packed agenda, Chamber leaders wasted no time in stressing that job growth is the top priority and challenge facing Tallahassee’s economic future. […]
It includes a dozen metrics that range from Leon County’s 20.5% poverty rate to 1,805 incidents of violent crimes in 2020, up from 1,699 the year before. […]
Tallahassee is facing short and long-term challenges. Leon County’s unemployment rate was 5.4% in June, up from 4.5% in May. To meet the state’s lofty goal of creating two million new net jobs by 2030, Leon County’s contribution will need to be 17,994 jobs. […]
Protocols prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic will be in effect and may evolve as cases linked to the Delta variant rage on statewide. As of Aug. 10, 475 attendees were registered — representing a drop from the record 532 expected three weeks ago. […]
The Chamber released new and revised safety protocols that will be implemented throughout the conference, including mandatory masks for all attendees participating in sessions, unless they are eating, drinking or outdoors. […]
From the Tallahassee Democrat Outside a church on Tharpe Street, 7-year-old Caleb Stewart — dressed in a suit — held onto a pair of scissors almost as long as he is tall. Soon, his father cut a red ribbon and Caleb’s new popup library was officially open. Caleb, who wore a mask with Mario Kart characters on […]
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From WCTV TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – After City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow penned an opinion piece critical of the business climate in Tallahassee, the Chamber of Commerce responded with a public censure. The op-ed was published in the Tallahassee Democrat on July 30. Commissioner Matlow explained why he wouldn’t be attending the upcoming Chamber Conference in Amelia Island, […]
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