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From the Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee is poised for more development – a growing population, more jobs and an increase in spending among residents in the post Great Recession era. Cranes crisscross the downtown skyline. Heavy equipment and crews churn dirt throughout the city and around the county. But it’s not always a welcome sight. Restive residents have galvanized neighborhood opposition to […]

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From the Tallahassee Democrat AMELIA ISLAND – No single thing is going to transform Tallahassee’s south side. During Saturday’s standing-room breakout session at the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Conference, panelists rattled off details behind key measures that could make a difference. A $45-million redevelopment is moving forward at the Orange Avenue Apartments, a public housing property. Improvements […]

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From WCTV.tv AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (WCTV) – Buying property in the Capital City may be getting more difficult. That’s according to a local panel of experts speaking on residential real estate during the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Conference. “There’s high demand, low supply. Prices are going up at the fastest rate I’ve ever seen,” said […]

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From WCTV.tv AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (WCTV) — Hundreds of Tallahassee business owners have descended upon Amelia Island for the annual Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce conference. This year, about 520 people are registered for the conference. The idea is to get out of the “bubble,” and get away from some of the day-to-day distractions and dig […]

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From WCTV.tv Hundreds of Tallahassee business owners are heading to Amelia Island for the annual Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce conference. […]

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From the Tallahassee Democrat News of a federal investigation into public corruption in the capital city was fresh at last year’s Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Conference, with some of the same prominent developers and business-people appearing on the guest list and on a grand jury subpoena list. This year most of those names are absent from […]

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From the Tallahassee Democrat About 500 members of Tallahassee’s private and public sector are registered to attend the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Conference at Amelia Island this weekend. From bankers, developers, architects, consultants and real estate agents, this will be a once-year opportunity to rub shoulders with the Who’s Who and business elite. Several high-ranking administrators […]

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From the Tallahassee Democrat Four containers stocked with 20 tons of steel rails arrived on July 6 in the Port of Jacksonville from China. The cargo was bound for Residential Elevators, the nation’s leading producer of home elevators headquartered in Tallahassee. In the ensuing days, the shipment was trucked to the company’s Crawfordville facility for processing. For the 22-year-old manufacturer, it […]

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