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My experience at Leadership Tampa's Economic Day

Posted Monday, November 26, 2012 By tampachamber

Tina Cotton We started our day at the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce offices. Our sponsor for the Day was Dr. Ronald Vaughn, President of University of Tampa. Our Day Chair was Bob Abberger, Senior Managing Director, Trammell Crow. The day was ...

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Baseball Stadium Finance Caucus Releases Findings

Posted Monday, November 19, 2012 By tampachamber

The Baseball Stadium Financing Caucus, comprised of members of the Greater Tampa and St. Petersburg Area Chambers of Commerce, was charged with researching the business process of funding a major league sports facility. The caucus identified best ...

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My experience at Leadership Tampa's Education Day

Posted Friday, November 2, 2012 By tampachamber

Jimmy St. Louis Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Healthcare Partner Leadership Tampa Class of 2013 Tampa, as we all have known, or are learning in our great program, is full of not just great people, but great opportunity. During Education Day, our ...

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My experience at Leadership Tampa’s Cultural Day

Posted Thursday, October 18, 2012 By tampachamber

Tina Cotton Assistant Vice President, Financial Foundations - USAA Leadership Tampa Class of 2013 Who would have known our great city of Tampa was a culture ROCK STAR! Well, that is what I learned during our most recent Leadership Tampa '13 event. ...

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Tampa delegation gets military briefing

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 By stevencstanford

Steve Stanford, PLANTZ This morning Greg Celestan and Chase Stockton led a discussion on military issues with information on the economic impact of MacDill Air Force Base on the Tampa community and the Chamber's military affairs committee. We also ...

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PNC Sponsors WOW Dinner at National Aquarium

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2012 By stevencstanford

Steve Stanford, PLANTZ Last evening we were treated to a great dinner at the National Aquarium. PNC Bank was a gracious sponsor and in a very short time has embedded itself in the Tampa community. The bank is led locally by Joe Meterchick. We heard ...

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Briefing at Johns Hopkins

Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By stevencstanford

Introduction from the president at John Hopkins Hospital. We're going to get briefed on JH's new affiliation with All Children's Hospital.

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Congressman Sarbanes Addresses Group

Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By stevencstanford

Congressman John Sarbanes addresses the Tampa Chamber delegation to start the 2nd day of the Benchmarking Trip. With Baltimore being the only major city in Maryland, he emphasized the importance of the state's investment in the city.

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Presentations from Tampa & Baltimore Downtown Partnerships

Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By stevencstanford

Interesting differences and similarities with Baltimore. Presentations from both city's Downtown Partnerships this afternoon. Waterfront cities with sports franchises and transportation challenges. We didn't have to worry about the British bombing ...

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Light rail in Baltimore

Posted Monday, October 15, 2012 By stevencstanford

Steve Stanford, PLANTZ I rode the light rail from the airport to the convention center. It was clean, effective, and got me here safely.The most interesting thing...I bought a ticket but they never took it. I asked a fellow rider and he told me that ...

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Chamber Launches Startup Scholars Program

Posted Friday, October 5, 2012 By tampachamber

The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Startup Scholars Program is an initiative which aims to encourage innovation as a part of our community culture and increase instances of entrepreneurial success. Our mission is to increase the competitiveness ...

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Tampa Chamber Awarded $75,000 Defense Reinvestment Grant

Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2012 By tampachamber

The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce was announced as a recipient of one of Enterprise Florida’s 2012-2013 Defense Reinvestment Grants (DRG). Eleven Florida communities with military installations will collectively receive $850,000, the ...

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Chamber Launches TampaMediaCenter.com

Posted Monday, August 20, 2012 By tampachamber

The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce officially launched TampaMediaCenter.com, a website that features local stories of interest, spotlighting local businesses, business leaders and institutions. “Our community has a wealth of success ...

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Chamber Announces Leadership Tampa 2013 Class

Posted Thursday, August 2, 2012 By tampachamber

Today the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce announced the members of the 2013 Leadership Tampa Class. Established by the Chamber in 1970, Leadership Tampa is the third oldest leadership program in the nation and strives to identify and develop ...

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Small Business of the Year Awards – the Halfway Mark

Posted Thursday, July 19, 2012 By tampachamber

By Amanda Muley, Director of MembershipWe have reached the halfway mark of the 2012 Small Business of the Year Awards process, thanks to much hard work by the committee and applicants. The process which started back in February began with a ...

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Coastal Cities Summit

Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 By feliciagtcc

Regional Issues & Opportunities discussed at the Coastal Cities Summit Hosted by the University of South Florida, the Coastal Cities Summit will convey new research and innovative strategies on planning for coastal risks, smart growth, ...

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