Florida Named Among Top 10 States to Start a Business Small business is the life blood of Clay County, Florida. Lower overall costs on space, utilities and labor make this the ideal place for start-ups. July 13, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General SBDC, Small Business Development Center, Best for Business, entrepreneur 0 Comment Read More >>
Florida's Bond Rating is AAA Moody’s Investors Services upgraded the state’s bond rating to AAA. That’s the highest rating the agency awards and means Florida will pay lower interest payments when it borrows money. July 3, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General bonds 0 Comment Read More >>
New Initiative Looks to Lure Foreign Investment to Florida Florida launched a first-of-its-kind program this week to bring foreign investors into the state, Enterprise Florida announced Tuesday. Venture Bridge Florida, the name of the program, will help local economic development efforts by improving services offered to foreign investors and companies. The initiative targets companies with $500,000 to $20 million in sales. International trade and foreign investment accounts for about one-sixth of the state’s economic output, according to data last year. Total Florida trade is valued at $147.7 billion, according to Enterprise Florida. June 29, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, Enterprise Florida Inc., Venture Bridge Florida, Economic Development, International Trade 0 Comment Read More >>
How Florida CEOs See the State's Future Shaping Up Creating Florida 2030 involves research that’s meant to stimulate strategic thinking about Florida’s future. On these pages you’ll find a summary of the results of a survey of 100 of the state’s leading CEOs. We expected advice — which we got — and regularly heard “right direction.” Even we were surprised, though, by the overwhelming exuberance of Florida CEOs. June 4, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General Best for Business, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida Chamber Foundation, Florida 2030, Global Competitiveness 0 Comment Read More >>
Kid Market Teaches Students Entrepreneurial Skills The market is a project that spans months, teaches students about finances and allows students the chance to open and operate a business. And it’s not just simple finances either. Students learn about supply and demand, interest rates, loans and profit and loss. It all begins by developing a full-blown business plan, including a business name and logo. June 4, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General education, Entrepreneurship, workforce development, business, finance, students, elementary 0 Comment Read More >>
Cathy Chambers of our JAXUSA Regional Economic Development Partnership Honored with Prestigious Award Cathy Chambers, who serves as a board member for the Clay County Development Authority, received the award May 22 at the 2018 Florida Economic Development Council annual conference in Fort Myers. June 4, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General Cathy Chambers, Clay County Development Authority, CCDA, JAXUSA, Economic Development, Florida Economic Development Council 0 Comment Read More >>
Green Cove Springs Shopping Center Sold for $5.8M Magnolia Associates LLC, based in New Jersey, sold the center for $5.8 million to 1305 North Orange Ave. Holdings LLC, which is named after the shopping center’s address. The property has an 8.2 percent capitalization rate. March 30, 2018 By Laura Pavlus General Green Cove Springs, Shopping Center, Governor's Creek, Austin Kay, Matthew Clark, Prime Realty 0 Comment Read More >>
Why Jacksonville is Booming Here are three reasons some private and family companies are choosing to locate and invest in Jacksonville. December 18, 2017 By Laura Pavlus General workforce, talent, infrastructure, cost of living, growth, business climate 0 Comment Read More >>
Clay Youth Connection Program Finds Home at Moosehaven The Clay Youth Connection is an initiative that is striving to find students in the Clay County school system that are temporarily displaced and give them a place to live, so that a lack of sleep on a proper bed, or a void of breakfast, will no longer be a hurdle they face in their high school education. Moosehaven is providing rooms, food, relationships with the elderly and even jobs for the two teenagers that are a part of the initiative. Moosehaven is the breakfast before school, the bed to sleep on at night, the home over their heads that these two young adults haven’t had for the past few years, if not longer. November 29, 2017 By Laura Pavlus General caring community, social integrity, compassionate citizens, workforce, Moosehaven 0 Comment Read More >>
Yelp Ranks Jacksonville No.2 for Business Opportunity Cawton Report by David Cawton Yelp ranks (Jacksonville) city No. 2 for business opportunity. November 3, 2017 By Laura Pavlus General Jacksonville, economic opportunity, best for business, Riverside neighborhood 0 Comment Read More >>