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Posted 9/21/2010

Updated 1 decade ago

Charlie Crist, Governor
Chairman, Enterprise Florida Inc.

Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
Florida has always been home to big ideas. From the creation of Walt Disney World to IBM’s introduction of its first PC in Boca Raton, the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit is woven into the DNA of every Florida business owner.

The Sunshine State’s pro-business agenda, robust financial infrastructure, strong technology base and diverse workforce provide unique business advantages for companies from around the world. Florida has built an economy founded on innovation. Prosperity is our goal — for our people, our businesses and our communities.

A coalition of the state’s business leaders, including the Florida Council of 100, Enterprise Florida and the Florida Chamber of Commerce, has identified talent as the top requirement for building an innovation-based economy. Enhancing the state’s rich talent pool will feed emerging clusters, including clean technologies, life sciences, and aviation and aerospace. These technologies will create high-paying jobs for Floridians and trigger research and development, which brings new products and services to the global market and builds partnerships between our education, economic development and workforce systems. Together, these investments will establish a base that will foster growth and provide a greater quality of life for Floridians today and tomorrow.

I encourage you to learn more about the opportunities our state has to offer, and I hope you will join us as we continue our pursuit of innovation as the foundation for our future.

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Enterprise Florida, Inc.
(407) 956-5600
eflorida.com

Florida is at the leading edge of innovation. Businesses, institutes and universities within the state are helping to shape the world of tomorrow. The state’s wealth of talent, global connections and research strength provide a solid foundation for successful businesses. Through the Roadmap to Florida’s Future, 2010-2015 Strategic Plan for Economic Development, Enterprise Florida has established a path for diversifying Florida’s economy and is preserving an environment where competitive enterprises can excel. We invite you to be part of Florida’s bright future.

John A. Adams, Jr. Ph.D.
President & CEO, Enterprise Florida


FEDC
Florida Economic
Development Council.
(850) 201-3332
FEDC.net


The profound impact that economic development has on local communities is far-reaching and felt on a daily basis by every Florida resident. As the “voice” of economic development for our state, FEDC encourages its members not only to educate their communities every day regarding the value of economic development, but continually seek innovative ways to practice economic development and to take an active role in setting statewide economic development policy for the benefit of all who live and work in Florida.

Deborah Wilkinson
Chairman, FEDC
Chief Development Officer, Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development

Amy Evancho
President & CEO, FEDC

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