EDC names former Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock as Interim CEO
SARASOTA, Fla. (December 16, 2019) The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County announced today that the interim CEO of the…
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EDC Update – 2019 Annual Report
The following is our year-end quarterly report for fiscal year 2019. Highlights for the year include: Helping Local Companies Grow…
GrowFL Announces Florida Companies to Watch Corporate Partners
Second-Stage Businesses Benefit from GrowFL Partners GrowFL is pleased to announce their Corporate Partners who have committed to advancing the…
Silicon Beach SRQ Shows Sarasota County’s Maturing Tech Sector
By Mark Huey appeared in Herald-Tribune 11-04-19 An event took place October 9 that flew beneath the radar. A new…
Coding Academy Is A Key Win In Closing Tech Skills Gap
A chronic challenge for the Sarasota County region is the gap between the skill needs that many companies in our…
Venice City Manager Receives 40-year Government Service Award
Venice City Manager Ed Lavallee recently received a 40-year service award from ICMA, the premier local government leadership and management…
President Galvano Appoints Byron Shinn to the Florida Cybersecurity Task Force
President Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton) today announced the appointment of Byron Shinn of Bradenton to the Florida Cybersecurity Task Force. “Byron…
On Ideas Earns WebAward for the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County Website
On Ideas, a creative marketing firm, was presented a 2019 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development by the Web…
Workforce attractions efforts paying off, and there is more coming
By Mark Huey appeared in Herald-Tribune 09-09-19 It’s well-known that Sarasota County, like most all communities in the country, is…
Cross College Alliance to Host Inaugural Social Entrepreneurship Conference
What started as a class project by two New College of Florida students has blossomed into the region’s inaugural Social…
Women in Business Conference
SCORE Port Charlotte and our partners, the City of North Port, Achieva Credit Union and the North Port Area Chamber…
EDC Update – August 2019
Highlights for the third quarter include: Supporting the creation of Sun Hydraulics’ new Center of Excellence which includes their Global…
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