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Experience China
Now, you have a chance to learn more aboutChina first hand. In partnership with the Daytona Beach/Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce, St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce and Citslinc International, you have an opportunity to visit memorable sites and enjoy a multitude of unforgettable cultural experiences later this year.
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Broaden Your Horizons with International Trade
This event will provide businesses with an overview of opportunities for international export. You will learn of the resources available in our community so that you can evaluate international opportunities and begin exporting your products. With the widening of the Panama Canal, new opportunities for trade are expected. At this event, we will also focus on the importance of the Florida-Panama relationship and opportunities for trade with Panama.
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Celebrate “How Shall We Grow?”
Make plans to join us for the Anniversary Celebration of “How Shall We Grow?” on Friday, August 21, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Space is limited…please confirm your reservation now!
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Survive to Thrive
Stimulus Money for Florida
In March 2009, Governor Crist appointed Don Winstead to serve as Special Advisor to the Governor's Office of Economic Recovery. Governor Crist introduced Mr. Winstead as Florida's "stimulus czar" - the key official charged with $13.4 billion in federal stimulus money expected by the state.
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Final Chance to Help Set the Florida Chamber's 2010 Legislative Agenda!
Each year the Florida Chamber of Commerce presents the entire Legislature and Executive Branch a legislative roadway of how to move Florida’s economy in the right direction. Florida’s Business Agenda is a member driven, consensus agenda built by thousands of chamber members, local chambers, associations and other associated interest groups.
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Listening to Leaders Features Lars Houmann
Who would have dreamt that a “first job” as a high school janitor/grounds keeper would lead to a very successful career in healthcare administration? That is exactly what Florida Hospital President and CEO, Lars Houmann, shared with the Listening to Leaders audience on Friday. While that first work experience was mostly social, he added, it also included difficult assignments like cleaning the inside of the boilers “because I was the smallest one on the crew.”
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PLI Grad Kristin Beall Enters House Race
Central Florida Political Leadership Institute graduate and businesswoman Kristin Beall of Mt. Dora has filed her candidacy for Florida House of Representatives District 25, which includes central and north Lake County, along with a portion of the Sanford area in Seminole County and parts of DeBary and Deltona in Volusia County.
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Leadership Orlando Examines Medical City
UCF College of Medicine, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Burnett School of BioMedical Sciences, M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Center, Nemours, and the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Leadership Orlando Class 77 explored all of these new regional assets and their economic impact on the Central Florida region at their Medical City Session on Wednesday. Private tours of Orlando Health and Florida Hospital rounded out the day.
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Public Hearing on Long Range Transportation Plan
Are you interested in providing input on future transportation plans in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties?
A public hearing hosted by METROPLAN ORLANDO on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, will include presentations and public comment on future highway, transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects.
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Business Leaders Helping Guide United Way’s New Strategic Direction
As Heart of Florida United Way (HFUW) continues its transition to a new strategic model focused on prevention, a volunteer council comprised of local business leaders, issue experts, academics and others is helping guide the process.
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Leadership Orlando Grads Recognized
One third of the recently named 40 Under 40 by Orlando Business Journal are Leadership Orlando Alumni. Several are recent graduates, and some participated in Leadership Orlando over the last ten years, when they explored a sense of Building Community.
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Business Connections by So Social!
Forget what you’ve heard: business and pleasure can mix. At the Business Connections Luncheons, So Social brings the business community together making connections that help improve the Orlando economy one week at a time.
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