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Since 1964, the Florida Economic Development Council has promoted economic development throughout the state of Florida. Today we are its primary resource for developing economic development professionals, issues education, networking, and recognition of excellence among members of the profession. 500+ professionals count on FEDC to educate, advocate, and connect on their behalf.

The Hub on Canal is home to working artists representing a multitude of mediums including painting, ceramics, photography, glass, jewelry, fiber arts and sculpture. The Hub provides gallery space, workshops and classes. New programs are continually developing to meet the needs and interests of the community.

Tech DeLand is a group of technology enthusiasts in the Downtown DeLand area meeting the fourth Thursday of each month to encourage a better understanding of technology.

Enterprise Florida recruits new business to the state, and works to retain and expand existing industry and business. We provide site selection services, demographic information, incentive information and much more.

We are charged with licensing and regulating businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, such as cosmetologists, veterinarians, real estate agents and pari-mutuel wagering facilities.

Here, you will find information about workforce programs, community development opportunities, and economic development initiatives and programs.

Our activities include a variety of business entity filings, trade and service mark registrations, federal lien recordings, judgment lien filings, uniform commercial code financing statements, fictitious name registrations, notary commissions, and cable and video service franchises.

The Florida Medical Manufacturers Consortium (FMMC) is a state-wide association of medical device firms, that exists to unite, promote and grow our industry.

A 23-county region spanning from Florida’s Sun Coast to Space Coast, The Corridor is a place where research and innovation thrive. Chaired by presidents of the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF), the Florida High Tech Corridor Council drives progress in the region. Our mission is to attract, retain and grow high tech industry and the workforce to support it. We envision a 23-county Florida High Tech Corridor region with a high-wage, high-value economy that leads the nation and world in technology invention and innovation.

We specialize in providing bilingual assistance to Hispanic entrepreneurs trying to establish or expand their business. We offer a variety of services especially designed for Hispanic small business owners, to empower them through training, consulting, grants and access to capital.

We are available to help improve business opportunities for Florida-based woman-, veteran- and minority-owned small businesses.

The Florida Venture Forum is a statewide member organization that helps entrepreneurs obtain funding through education, strategic partnering and effective networking. The Forum's educational programs provide in-depth information on topics such as raising debt and equity capital, human resources, finance, management, term sheet negotiation, valuations, marketing and R&D.

GrowFL is Florida's only organization exclusively dedicated to support and accelerate the growth of second-stage companies, by providing their leaders with focused, efficient, and timely access to resources they deem important. Our programs provide connections with other second-stage company leaders, resources, and organizations whose expertise, experience, and products lead to the second-stage company’s continued growth and prosperity. Second-stage growth companies have at least 6 employees and $750 thousand in revenue and possess the intent and desire to grow beyond second-stage. They are a small, but mighty group of entrepreneurial leaders in Florida, accounting for just 10% of the companies but generating more than 30% of the jobs.

Employer Identification Numbers are issued for the purpose of tax administration and are not intended for participation in any other activities.

PoweringFlorida combines the power of both Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Planning and Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI) workforce data in one easy-to-use application to help you quickly explore and compare Florida’s communities; gain a broad understanding of the labor force statistics, consumer spending, geography, demography and other important data; and identify and evaluate all available sites and buildings in each community.

Our office serves 43 counties in Florida and provides counseling and mentoring, access to capital, government contracting, exporting assistance and training.

We help entrepreneurs and businesses start, grow and succeed. Services include: confidential business consulting, assistance with business plan, industry analysis, financial guidance, marketing, government contracting and much more.

We provide free business counseling, management consulting and workshops. Our counselors can help you start a business or assist an existing small business grow and prosper.

We work to support business growth, recruit new business and create jobs in the Greater Daytona Beach Area. Our clients are high-impact businesses both local and abroad as well as site selection consultants that represent these companies.

We facilitate smarter, faster startup and growth of emerging companies in Volusia County. Our 9,600-square-foot modern facility features Class A office space with flexible leases, a spacious training room with SMART Board technology, conference rooms, and shared office equipment, kitchen, and reception area.

All businesses with a physical location in Volusia County are required to have a current Volusia County business tax receipt. The tax year is from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30 of the following year. Bills for each year are mailed July 1. A new receipt is issued for each year the tax is paid.

We provide assistance at no cost to businesses with the desire and potential for growth in Volusia County. We can help start-ups, second stage or maturing businesses directly or refer owners to other qualified organizations.

We deliver technical consulting, resources, networking and educations program designed to provide growth and opportunities to our member base. VHCC volunteers and consultants have combined experience of more than 50 years serving businesses.

The West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce was founded in 2011 with the mission of providing a regional platform for the successful collaboration of businesses, policymakers, and community members. The Chamber’s vision of aligning efforts, achieving success continues to guide its work as the voice of business in West Volusia.

Elevate Daytona Beach is all about fast and fun presentations. Speakers get 20 slides, which auto advance every 15 seconds, giving each speaker 5 minutes of fame.

We provide recruitment-related services, human resource information and training opportunities to our business and job seekers community. Our job is to help our business community reduce recruitment costs, and provide the information and resources they need to attain and maintain qualified employees at no additional cost to the business and job seekers.

We educate and connect entrepreneurs seeking to establish and grow high value, high growth companies. We marry technological knowledge in aeronautics, aerospace, engineering & computer science with business acumen to build world-class companies.

We help faculty, staff, and students secure intellectual property protection, evaluate the commercial potential of research discoveries, market novel technologies to industry, negotiate license agreements to allow companies to produce products, and support new venture formation.

We seek to develop the next generation of successful entrepreneurs. Housed in the management department, our program consists of four courses which can be taken individually, as part of the management major or packaged to create a minor.