Blue Oven Kitchens | Cultivating Food Entrepreneurs. If you have questions, contact Blue Oven Kitchens at 352-278-7518. Blue Oven Kitchens is a 501c3 non-profit kitchen incubator serving North Central Florida. Blue Oven offers access to inspected, commercial kitchen space for community cooking classes and food entrepreneurs to rent for product production. Its mission is to foster a whole-system approach to the sustainable growth of North Central Florida food system.
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Charles Perry Partners, Inc. | Construction Services. If you have questions, contact Charles Perry Partners, Inc. at 352-333-9292. Charles Perry Partners has provided Florida with quality construction services for 40 years. We enjoy an excellent working relationship with Owners, Architects, and Subcontractors and we’ve built a reputation for being an honest General Contractor that delivers quality construction services in a timely manner.
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City of Gainesville (Florida) | Economic Development. If you have questions, contact the City of Gainesville at 352-334-5000. By targeting and publicly supporting opportunities for higher skilled and higher waged job creation, the City and its economic development partners increase the prosperity and standard of living in the local economy.
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Florida Innovation Hub at the University of Florida (UF). If you have questions, contact the Florida Innovation Hub at UF at 352-392-8929. The Florida Innovation Hub at UF will provide its resident companies with office space, laboratories, conference rooms and other resources to improve their likelihood of success. The Innovation Hub enables its tenants to devote their limited initial resources to the advancement of their technology and market strategies rather than traditional business operations.
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Gainesville (Florida) Area Chamber of Commerce | Council for Economic Outreach (CEO). If you have questions, contact the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce at 352-334-7100. The Council for Economic Outreach is the designated economic development entity for all of Alachua County. CEO’s charge is to assist existing businesses through expansion, to help grow new companies in our community and to attract new opportunities to Alachua County.
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Gainesville SCORE 408 | Free and Confidential Business Counseling & Mentoring. If you have questions or are looking for networking opportunities and business workshops, contact the Gainesville SCORE at 352-375-8278. The SCORE Association is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.
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Progress Energy | Economic Development Florida Region | Sites and Buildings. Questions? Contact Progress Energy Florida Region at 407-905-3443. Get detailed information on featured sites and buildings throughout Florida for businesses looking to expand.
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Santa Fe College | Center for Innovation and Economic Development | Entrepreneur Incubator. If you have questions, contact Santa Fe College at 352-395-5269. Entrepreneurs will be supported through access to small business development resources, shared office space, and office personnel and technology support. Professional client meeting space will also be available.
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Enterprise Florida | Brownfield Tax Incentives. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. Brownfield sites are defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination. Businesses that clean up and redevelop an existing brownfield site are provided with generous financial incentives, regulatory benefits, technical assistance, and liability protection.
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Enterprise Florida | Foreign Direct Investment. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. Florida is not only a top tourism destination, but also a popular destination for international business investment. Attracted by its large and booming economy, stable business environment, and international workforce, new business investments from around the world pour into Florida every year, making it one of the top U.S. destinations for foreign direct investment.
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Enterprise Florida | Urban Area Business Tax Incentives. Questions? Contact Enterprise Florida at 407-956-5600. Businesses intending to locate in urban inner city areas may be able to take advantage of the Front Porch Florida Micro Loan program, which makes small loans to entrepreneurs within Front Porch Communities.
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The Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation provides several economic research reports on this page. These reports include; Immigiration and Florida's Economy; Florida Trade & Logistics Study; Affordable Living and many others.
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Are you considering starting, expanding or relocating a business in Florida? Each county within the state of Florida has an economic development organizations who is available to connect with their local business support organizations, discuss business tax incentives, help with site selection and much more. This page lists each economic development contact organization by Florida county.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development issues demographic and economic reports on an ongoing basis for their 30 OECD member countries, as well as occasional reports for several non-member countries. These resources cover gross domestic product, international trade statistics, price statistics, economic projections, labor force statistics, and many more topics. The site also offers a free online version of the OECD Factbook: Economic,Environmental and Social Statistics, as well as information about a number of OECD databases, most of which are only available through a paid subscription. You can browse the site by topic, country or OECD department.
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Where is your business going to be located? Your business location is an important decision, and if you will not be starting up in your home, you will need to lease a space to conduct your day-to-day activities. Leasing a commercial office space is one of the largest expenses made by new and expanding businesses. Learn more through this guide provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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The ideal location for your business depends on a number of factors. The most important consideration is the kind of business you're running. Before you begin scouting a location, consider a few of the factors that can help you select the right location for your business. Learn more from this guide provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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