Category Archives: Education

Charter District Not on Chamber Agenda

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Bob Gernert

The Chamber released a prepared statement yesterday regarding the plan to name an Educational Outcomes Steering Committee. We’ll give more detail about that later in this post. Perhaps more importantly was a potentially misleading article in this morning’s Ledger. The … Continue reading →

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Economic Summit: Forecast is Cautious Optimism

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Bob Gernert

More than 140 business leaders and Polk State students joined together today to hear both a national and local speaker discuss the economic outlook for 2011.  Both James Kochan and Dr. Carl Brown agree that the housing construction nosedive and … Continue reading →

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Miller and Parker Dance Their Way To The Top

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Bob Gernert

Friday evening the Polk Education Foundation “tripped the light fantastic” as it unveiled a fabulous new scholarship fundraising event entitled Stepping Out for Education. The event featured five well known Polk County business leaders that voluntarily took ten hours of … Continue reading →

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Join Ridge Career Center as they open $4.8 Million Expansion

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Bob Gernert

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Ridge Career Center  will have a formal Ribbon Cutting for the new Health Science Building and the Firefighting Facility expansion at 9:00 a.m. in the Career Center’s Plaza. These two projects (total investment: $10 million) have been … Continue reading →

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USF Poly Blue Sky Opportunities …

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Bob Gernert

The University of South Florida Polytechnic’s Blue Sky business incubation program is now accepting applications for space in its two facilities — a business accelerator, Blue Sky East in Winter Haven, and an entry-level incubator, Blue Sky West in Lakeland. … Continue reading →

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PCSB Goal: “Fair, Equitable and Transparent”

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Bob Gernert

GOAL: A Polk County School Board Process for Selecting Contractors that is “Fair, Equitable and Transparent” A “white paper summary” of a June 15 Meeting between Polk County Chamber of Commerce representatives and Assistant Superintendent for Facilities/Operations, Fred Murphy. Over … Continue reading →

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Winter Haven CRA and 6/10 Corporation Partner for Technology Accelerator

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Bob Gernert

Winter Haven to be home to USF Polytechnic technology business accelerator. In a memo distributed today, June 12, to the Mayor and City Commisioners, City of Winter Haven Community Development Director  David Dickey announced the following information: In April 2009, … Continue reading →

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State College Funding: Pay Now or PAY Later …

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Bob Gernert

PERSPECTIVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERS … Don’t Slam Shut Our Open Door As commencement season approaches, a sense of accomplishment and celebration prevails on college campuses across the country. We, as community college educators, experience enormous pride and satisfaction … Continue reading →

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First Wednesday Breakfast: “How much fraud can you afford?”

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Bob Gernert

You may not realize your company is a victim of fraud until you lose your company! RSVP now next week’s First Wednesday Better Business Breakfast “How to Reduce the Chances of Fraud in Your Business” Presented by: Bob Lynch, CPA, CFE, … Continue reading →

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Join Us for Breakfast January 7!

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Bob Gernert

We want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours the best of the season.  But before you settle in to enjoy the fast-approaching holidays, make this reservation. It will be a great way to start 2009! Join Us January … Continue reading →

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