Volume 119 l March 2023

 
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Events Edition

The panel luncheon is NEXT TUESDAY! Purchase your tickets here.

REGISTER HERE

"A Taste of the Chamber" Membership Drive Breakfast

A successful membership drive! Thank you to all of our members and prospects for coming to our Taste of the Chamber Membership Drive Breakfast last Thursday. 

Nate Cocco of State Farm - Team Cocco (Past Chairman), Tom Morrissette (Chamber President) and Jake Prokop (Chairman) gave an informative presentation on what our Chamber is all about. At the end, we welcomed a group of new members! A huge shout out to our Campaign Patrons for making this drive possible.

Stay tuned for the list of new members in our Membership Edition newsletter...

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Let's celebrate with Source 1 Solutions!


THIS THURSDAY, March 30 at 2 PM

16331 Bay Vista Dr., Clearwater 33760

Register here.

B2B Happy Hour this Thursday! Register here.

Purchase your tickets HERE and pick up your tickets/wristbands at the Chamber office.



Reserve your ad HERE 

or email your preferred ad size and

invoice request at

membership@centralchamber.biz


Surging population and rising seas could lead to more of Florida being paved over

As Florida’s population swells to more than 26 million people and more land is lost to rising seas, about 1 million more undeveloped acres could be paved over in less than two decades.

Florida Legislature moving quickly on DeSantis priorities

The usually slow-moving Legislature ended the week by sending DeSantis bills to shield businesses and insurance companies from lawsuits, allow any Floridian to get a government-paid voucher for private schools and an affordable housing bill.

State jobless rate stays at 2.6 percent

Florida’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.6 percent in February, with job growth expected to continue in parts of the economy such as leisure and hospitality.

Florida has an affordable housing crisis. Will new legislation fix it?

Lawmakers passed a record $711 million plan to build affordable housing, incentivize new construction through tax breaks and offer interest-free loans to help Floridians afford down payments.

Hundreds of thousands of Florida children could lose health coverage with Medicaid cutbacks

Florida is about to experience an unprecedented unwinding of Medicaid coverage that could leave more than a million families at risk of losing their free health insurance.

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