December 13, 2016
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Help Us Help You Find Qualified
Employees
Your Gainesville Area Chamber and CareerSource North Central Florida are working
to serve you better. Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey to tell us
how you are currently finding employees and how we can help. All responses will be
kept strictly confidential. Thank you for your participation. To take the survey, click here
Chamber After Hours Dedicated to Recognizing Local
Nonprofits
The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce​s mission to facilitate economic
prosperity, business growth and community progress is
advanced every year by the incredible work undertaken by
Greater Gainesville​s nonprofit community organizations.
Last week, the Chamber continued held its annual
Business After Hours: Holiday Edition​sponsored by the
Community Foundation of North Central Florida​to
recognize the... Read more
2016 Impact Awards
Business in Greater Gainesville recently held its Impact
Awards ceremony. Presented by Campus USA, The
Impact Awards recognizes those who have motivated,
educated, inspired, and altogether had a positive impact on
Greater Gainesville. The Chamber is proud to see many
individuals representing Chamber member businesses on
the list, along with a member of our own staff team. To read
the current issue click here.
New FloridaWins.Org Video ReleasedTransportation: Paving
the Path to Florida's Future
Florida has an opportunity to get transportation investments
right. The Florida Chamber​s non-partisan employer to
employee program FloridaWins.Org is leading the charge
on making sure employees have important information on
issues that matter to Florida families, job creators and to our
state​s economic success. It​s our hope to share this story
with transportation partners like you and the more than
three million Floridians that Florida Chamber members
employ.
Delegation Travels to New York City to tell the Story of
Talent, Innovation and Opportunity in Greater Gainesville
On Dec. 4-6, over the course of 48 hours, a team of
business leaders ​ including Liam McClay, Assistant to the
President for Innovation & Governmental Affairs at Santa
Fe College; Lee Niblock, Alachua County Manager; Ryan
Loftus, Senior Engineering Manager at Exactech; and Andy
Hopson, Executive Director of The Agency ​ and a group of
Chamber staff conducted 13 meetings in New York
City...Read more
New $138 Million Nanotherapeutics Facility Opens in City of
Alachua
On Dec. 7, officials from the United States Department of
Defense as well as local elected officials and business
leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting for Nanotherapeutics​
new facility in the City of Alachua. The new facility was
designed specifically to incorporate technological advances
in disposable manufacturing equipment and provide a
multi-product capability that reduces both overall costs and the time necessary to
change out product lines. Find out more in the Gainesville Sun and from WUFT.
Upcoming
Community
Events
City of Gainesville Commission Meeting Weekly Calendar
See details for this and other city government-related meetings here
Alachua County Meeting Weekly Calendar
Welcome New
Members!
Alcide Chiropractic
Charity Nerds
See details for this and other county government-related meetings here
Daughtry Tree Service
Palm Garden of
Gainesville
Company Highlight: Small Business of the Year,
College Brothers
2
2 College Brothers was recently named Small Business of
the Year and the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce​s
2016 Business Awards. As a Gainesville moving company
built on the backs of responsible, driven and honest young
men, its mission is to simplify the moving experience
through reliable and friendly service. Learn more about 2
College Brothers below, as Owner Wade Swikle talks about
the company​s strategy for success and future
ambitions...Read more
Thank You
Renewing
Members for
Your Continued
Support!
Alumni Hall
Blakeland
It's About Kids Christian
Daycare & Learning
Center
Lucky's Market
North Florida Regional
Medical Center
Water & Air Research, Inc.
Recruit UF Students at the Spring Career Showcase, Jan. 24
& 25, 2017
Your organization needs a solid team to grow. Career
Showcase is designed to help you find talented students and
alumni from a wide variety of majors in one location. Come
out and network with UF students who are pursuing fulltime, part-time, and internship opportunities. The CRC is
hosting Spring Career Showcase on January 24 (nontechnical) and January 25 (technical), 2017 from 9 a.m.-3
p.m. in the newly renovated O​C onnell Center. Click here
CareerSource North Central Florida Employer of the Month:
Eat the 80
Chamber member company Eat the 80 has found a talent
solution in CareerSource North Central Florida. Owner
Carlee Marhefka talks below about hiring the right people,
and resources available to help you do it. "There comes a
time in every business, where you have to hire more
employees to continue your growth, and CareerSource
North Central Florida has been such a wonderful tool in
helping us do just that. STEM Ready allowed me to hire employees that were experts
in fields outside my comfort zone, but very much needed to be able to stay
competitive...Read more
Hot Jobs from CareerSource North Central Florida
Each week CareerSource North Central Florida staff members identify CURRENT
HOT JOBS that employers are eager to fill. If you would like a vacant position to be
included on this list, please call (352) 244-5112. For more information, or to apply, visit
www.EmployFlorida.com, which will take you to the statewide job matching database.
Weyerhaeuser NR
Company
Choose ​Find a Job,​ then click ​Job Number Search​ on the
right tab in the search window, and type...View Hot Jobs
Here
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Gainesville Black Professionals Movers & Shakers Mixer
Gainesville Black Professionals invites you to its first
networking event of the year, the Movers & Shakers Mixer on
January 3, 2017, 6 p.m. at the Twisted Peacock Restaurant.
Hosted by Craig Wilburn, come enjoy an evening of networking,
food, drink specials and live entertainment.
eda Welcomes Additional Staff to Meet Demand
eda engineers-surveyors-planners, inc. continues to expand
engineering and surveying services with the addition of two
new team members. Civil engineer Carol Chadwick, P.E.
is a Senior Project Engineer with over twenty years of
experience throughout the United States. Alejandro (Alex)
Perez, PSM brings 10 years of professional surveying experience to his role as a
Senior Project Surveyor...Read more
Bulla Cubana! Gainesville​s First-ever Cuban Arts and
Culture Festival Begins in January
Starting in January, Gainesville will be rocking to the
celebration sounds of Cuban arts and culture, with the
debut of Bulla Cubana!, a multi-venue, three-month festival
across the city's cultural centers through March.
Showcasing the extraordinary talents of invited fine artists,
muralists, dancers, musicians, authors, photographers, academics and filmmakers,
Bulla Cubana is the first event of its kind to cultivate and celebrate Cuban artistry
through collaboration across our community. Learn more
Free Granite Lazy Susan
Jackson Stoneworks pledges to donate a free granite lazy
susan to anyone who donates $100 or more to join or
renew their membership in the Gainesville Chamber of
Commerce. onors are requested to register their donation at
www.jacksonstoneworks.com website and bring their
receipt to Jackson Stoneworks Kitchen and Bath Design
Center to have a free granite lazy susan made in the color of
their choice...Learn more
Meet Rose Anna Rutledge
Rose Anna Rutledge is a licensed mental health counselor and a certified forensic
mental health evaluator, who provides services at the ITM Group in Gainesville. She
recently presented to the Family Law Section at the Alachua County Civil and Family
Justice Center in Courtroom 3A. Her topic of focus was on
the issues of parallel parenting ​ when co-parenting just does
not work. The presentation was approved a 1 Credit Free
CLE. Ms. Rutledge provides psychotherapy to adults and
children; families and couples.
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