Florida chamber survey also shows good signs for Florida’s economy
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s small business owners say their No. 1 concern is a lack of skilled workers, according to a new Small Business Index Survey from the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
It is the fifth quarter in a row in which employers say they are concerned about having a skilled workforce to meet the demands of open jobs.
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Deadline to Register is May 15, 2018!!!
May 23, 2018, 8:00 am- 4:30 pm
Leesburg Community Center at Venetian Gardens
Register now at http://lakesumtershrm.org/meetinginfo.php
$75.00 for LSSHRM / SHRM Members; $85.00 for Non-Members; $25.00 for Students
Group Discount of 5 or more $50.00 per person
VENDOR EXPO, DOOR PRIZES, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, AND LUNCH INCLUDED!!!!
Register now to be a part of Sumter County Chamber of Commerce’s annual business expo. This year we are celebrating the variety of businesses in and around Sumter County and offering them a platform to shine.
Vendor spaces are limited! You do not want the miss the opportunity to promote your business and meet hundreds of new and potential customers or clients.
This NO COST seminar focuses on identifying typical pain points in any existing business and how to find relief. Highlights include: understanding ways to operate to minimize business challenges and maximize customer satisfaction,and how to leverage your existing accountants, banks, insurance agents, etc. to provide relief.
Offering an intimate look at how more than 100 new seasonal plant varieties hold up in Florida’s grueling growing climates, the Florida Flower Trials returns to Central Florida for two days of learning, networking — and plant admiration.
WILDWOOD — The extensive tour state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam took Monday afternoon at Crevalle Boats only reinvigorated what he sees as an essential need for growing Florida’s economy – vocational and technical training.
Putnam, a 2018 gubernatorial candidate, asked Mike Hankins, Crevalle operations manager, and Nick Engels, president, whether anything poses a hindrance to this fast-growing Wildwood maker of high-quality bay boats.
Attend this premier event to learn how to leverage Google as an important part of your online marketing strategy including ensuring that your business shows up in searches and on maps.
We all know how important it is for your business to be recognized in Google. This workshop covers:
Led by Pamela Starr, one of Google’s professional national trainers, this is a can’t miss webinar for every small business owner.
This is a free, on-line webinar which you can attend from the comfort of your home or office.
Heaping piles of dirt, miles of cracked asphalt and metal beams standing hundreds of feet in the air serve as the building blocks of growth. Sumter County and the city of Wildwood are paving the way for ongoing and upcoming development both inside and outside of The Villages. From reconstructing utility lines to widening roads, installing cellphone towers and increasing public safety resources, local governments are preparing for thousands of new homes and hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail slated to be built in the area in the coming years.
Washington, DC – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) today announced that the $1.3 trillion spending package Congress unveiled last night includes funding for several projects and programs important to Floridians including: increased spending to fight the opioid epidemic,additional funding for citrus greening research and significant funding for democracy programs in both Venezuela and Cuba, as well as provisions Nelson co-sponsored to address gun violence.
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With the flick of a blinker and a quick merge off the highway, tourists can go from sitting in traffic to getting up close and personal with an alligator in less than five minutes.
Tourists can tick off an item on their Florida vacation to-do lists by stopping by GatorWorld Parks of Florida in Wildwood, which sits a mile off Interstate 75 in Sumter County.
A fourth town square south of State Road 44 is part of a 30-year road construction agreement approved Tuesday by the Sumter County Board of Commissioners.
The town square’s location is not specified on a map of future road construction, but the agreement also calls for The Villages Land Co. and The Villages Development Co. to build roads and be reimbursed by the county.
Sumter County is a fast-growing medium-sized county with a population upward of 125,000 and contains the largest portion of The Villages® community. Nestled between large Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) Orlando and Tampa, Sumter County offers an alternative lifestyle for its residents. The county has become the 7th fastest growing county in the nation and the fastest growing county in the State of Florida. Over the past four years, The Villages MSA remained the fastest growing MSA in the United States. With growing manufacturing, distribution, and agriculture industries in the county, there is an opportunity for additional multifamily development in the market to capture the demand for market-rate housing for workers.
The MAKE MORE Manufacturing Summit is a leadership-focused meeting designed around connecting ecosystem stakeholders with the needs and realities of industry leaders from the manufacturing sector.
It intends to serves as an annual platform to exchange ideas around how our state resources are addressing the impact of market dynamics, economic trends and policies, and new technologies in this sector. Join in-depth discussions as we build a road-map to strengthen and advance Florida’s economy through innovation, talent development, and leveraging our resources to accelerate the productivity and technological performance of its manufacturing sector.
