http://blog.winterhavenchamber.com/success-stories/downtowns-emerging-technology-sector/ The official blog of the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.winterhavenchamber.com/success-stories/downtowns-emerging-technology-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 GF Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:52:05 +0000 http://blog.winterhavenchamber.com/2007/06/27/downtowns-emerging-technology-sector/#comment-1498 You're so right - we are very lucky in downtown Winter Haven to have an incredible honey pot of high-tech expertise, which I recently learned while working on a community project that required a high level of this kind of expertise. Not only are these folks highly qualified in their respective specialties and just as good if not better than the "big shots" from out of town, they are LOCAL, which means the dollars you pay them stays in our local economy and turns over multiple times before leaving our economy. So the money you pay them may actually come back to your business or paycheck when those people turn around and buy something from you or the company you work for. Buying local is just good business and it makes good sense for everyone. Not only that, but the personal approach is priceless, and you won't get that from some faceless national consultant you find elsewhere. BUY LOCAL! You’re so right – we are very lucky in downtown Winter Haven to have an incredible honey pot of high-tech expertise, which I recently learned while working on a community project that required a high level of this kind of expertise. Not only are these folks highly qualified in their respective specialties and just as good if not better than the “big shots” from out of town, they are LOCAL, which means the dollars you pay them stays in our local economy and turns over multiple times before leaving our economy. So the money you pay them may actually come back to your business or paycheck when those people turn around and buy something from you or the company you work for. Buying local is just good business and it makes good sense for everyone. Not only that, but the personal approach is priceless, and you won’t get that from some faceless national consultant you find elsewhere. BUY LOCAL!

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