Pensacola, Fla. – Feb. 2, 2012 – Nearly 120 professionals from Leadership Pensacola, Leadership Santa Rosa, Leadership Okaloosa and Leadership Walton joined forces for Northwest Florida Leadership Legislative Days in Tallahassee, February 1 and 2.
The group spent two days meeting with Northwest Florida legislative delegation including representatives Ford, Ingram, Gaetz, Broxson as well as Senator Gaetz and Senator Evers.
The Leadership professionals also met with Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll, Senate President Mike Haridopolos, CFO Jeff Atwater and interim director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Cynthia Lorenzo.
During the trip, the Leadership Pensacola class advocated for the support of legislation, which provides funding with spending flexibility to school districts and minimizing unfunded mandates that are creating addition strain on the already overburdened education budget. LeaP class members presented the topic in which education is directly linked to economic development.
For more information, please visit www.pensacolachamber.com/leap.
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About Leadership Pensacola
Leadership Pensacola, a 501(c)(3), was founded in the fall of 1982 with the first graduating class in 1983. The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce established the program with a goal of ensuring the community's pool of talented leaders would be continually renewed. For more information, please visit www.pensacolachamber.com/leap.
About The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Founded in 1889, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce's primary goal is to create a climate of growth and success in the community. In 2010, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce launched the Vision 2015 initiative, the five-year plan for job creation in the Pensacola Bay Area. Vision 2015 focuses on recruiting new businesses, helping local businesses expand and strengthening the partnerships between the military and the private sector.
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