The Florida Chamber Foundation is Uniting Businesses to Grow Florida the Right Way | |
TheFloridaScorecard.org Continues to Track Florida's 2030 Progress | |
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Michelle Dennard, President & CEO, shares how the Florida Chamber Foundation's Community Development Partnership (CDP) Council is helping businesses unite to reach the Florida 2030 Blueprint's 39 strategic goals.
Thank you to Michelle, and the entire CareerSource Florida team, for your leadership in securing Florida's workforce talent by taking the lead on the Florida 2030 Blueprint goal "more than 80% of Florida's workforce has essential employability skills!"
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Get There Faster: Opportunities provided for low-income returning adult learners, veterans and military spouses, and at-risk Floridians receiving public assistance
As we look to innovative solutions in recruiting, training, and retaining Florida's workforce talent, CareerSource Florida is ensuring no Floridian is left behind with the $10.4 million Get There Faster grant program.
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2030 Goals in Focus:
- Top state for gross domestic product and top quartile most diversified state economy
- Rural county share of Florida gross domestic product doubles
- 100% of regional economic development plans aligned with Florida 2030 goals
The Florida Economic Development Council (FEDC) is a professional association of over 460 members across 187 public entities, private businesses, and public-private partnerships. We engage business, education, and government leaders in key economic development initiatives to improve local communities and elevate Florida’s global competitiveness.
READ FEDC'S MOST RECENT GOAL LEADER UPDATE>
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Year after year, our partners at the Florida Chamber work to unite Florida’s business community around a common legislative agenda, the Florida Business Agenda. Guided by the Florida 2030 Blueprint, the annual jobs and competitiveness agenda works to advance all 39 goals while pursuing a global top 10 economy. In the coming days, the Chamber will be soliciting your input on the issues that impact your business the most at the state and federal levels. Your feedback will be used to build the Chamber's 2023 legislative agenda and continue our collective momentum in reaching all 39 goals across the Blueprint's 6 pillars by 2030.
READ THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THE RESULTS OF THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, INCLUDING UNFINISHED BUSINESS>
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"Affordable workforce housing is no longer just an issue of poverty, it’s an issue that effects 81.1% of Floridians.”
-Kyle Baltuch, SVP of Equality of Opportunity, Florida Chamber Foundation
In his latest blog, Kyle Baltuch gets real about housing, one of the 10 root causes of poverty, by taking a deep dive into Florida's housing crisis and the barriers it poses for Florida's working class.
READ "CONTEXTUALIZING FLORIDA'S HOUSING CRISIS" BLOG>
LEARN ABOUT THE FLORIDA CHAMBER FOUNDATION'S FLORIDA PROSPERITY PROJECT>
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Karen Moore, Founder & CEO, tells us about The Moore Agency's work in the 32304 zip code to improve 3rd-grade reading scores and poverty; what made The Moore Agency join the Florida Prosperity Project's efforts as a zip code partner; why other businesses should come on board and more.
Thank you, Karen, and the entire Moore Agency team, for your leadership in securing the path to prosperity in 32304, and Florida as a whole!
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Partner News
As we prioritize innovation as a means to drive Florida's economy to the global top 10, Lockheed Martin, Future of Work Florida Advisory Board Member and speaker at our upcoming Florida Technology & Innovation Solution Summit, is leading the way through game-changing laser technology created to aid the Air Force with their protective airborne laser systems initiative.
READ ABOUT LOCKHEED MARTIN'S LATEST AIRBORNE LASER TECHNOLOGY>
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Partner News
The University of Florida is hyper-focused on helping us achieve the Florida 2030 Blueprint goals of making Florida a top 3 state for research and development funding and patents issued as well as top 3 for technology jobs. Their $1B in research spending will be used toward developing disease treatments, engineering solutions, agricultural products and more. We are excited to welcome UF Innovate to our speaker lineup at the Florida Technology & Innovation Solution Summit as they address the role of universities in the innovation ecosystem.
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Partner News
As we work to make Florida a top 5 state for overall well-being by 2030, we congratulate Board Trustee Robin Delavergne and the Tampa General team for being recognized for their leadership in healthcare as #1 in Tampa Bay and third in Florida.
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Florida Chamber Foundation News
TELLING THE FLORIDA 2030 BLUEPRINT STORY IN THE MEDIA
The Florida Chamber Foundation's efforts to push the Florida 2030 Blueprint mission are gaining momentum! Check out these notable mentions:
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The Ledger: Today’s Learners are Tomorrow’s Earners This op-ed authored by President Mark Wilson was published in correlation with the Florida Learners to Earners Workforce Solution Summit to further drive our movement around adequately preparing Florida’s future workforce.
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WMBB-TV: Bay Chamber Announced School Initiative The Bay County Chamber of Commerce announced an initiative to encourage business community involvement in the schools, hold district leadership accountable, and improve the overall state of Bay County District Schools. The Bay County District Schools applauded the involvement of the county chamber and hopes it will focus on the Florida Chamber Foundation’s Florida Prosperity Project. Additional syndication with WJHG-TV.
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Florida Politics: Army Corps to Release LOSOM Update as Stakeholder Concerns Remain This article notes comments delivered by Col. James Booth, Commander of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District and Ernie Barnett, Executive Director of Florida Lands Council at the Florida Chamber Foundation’s recent Environmental Permitting Summer School.
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We love to highlight the great work our Trustees, Community Development Partners, advisory board members, and stakeholders are doing in Florida to move the needle on the 39 goals outlined in the Florida 2030 Blueprint. Have some 2030 news to share? Click the link below to let us know!
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Thank you to our Community Development Partners who are uniting the Florida business community for good behind the Florida 2030 Blueprint and powering TheFloridaScorecard.org!
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Thank you to our Board of Trustees who are working together to steer Florida towards long-term solutions! | |
The Florida Chamber Foundation is uniting Florida businesses on the solutions that matter to the future of Florida! | | | | |
