JACKSONVILLE — While I safely watched the GOP debate on Thursday evening (Jan. 26) in my living room, the University of North Florida hosted it in their auditorium. Most of the 1,200 tickets went to members of the Republican Party of Florida, a debate co-sponsor. Simultaneously, the Hispanic Leadership Network (HLN), a debate co-sponsor, kicked off its “Inspiring [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — The Sun Times (Owen, Ontario) reported from Toronto on Wednesday that the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Shahid Khan on Tuesday “resurrected rumblings” of a potential move by the franchise to Toronto. “But both Wayne Weaver and Kahn released statements Tuesday saying the club would stay in Jacksonville”. I had not heard [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — On the heels of the Cecil Advances (but not necessarily because of it), JaxPort conducted an all-day Foreign Trade Zone workshop at the University of North Florida on Aug. 23rd. I was unable to attend but Debby Lofberg [JaxPort's director of marketing service and FTZ #64], kindly forwarded the link to PowerPoint presentations of ”some of [...] [...more]
Not to go overboard singing the praises of JAXPORT, but it has had so many JAXPORTinTheNews tweets on Twitter I feel obliged to share [at least five]. Besides that, Jeff Price, who is JAXPORT’s Communications Coordinator, just yesterday became another Linkedin contact of mine. I saw him on Linkedin because he linked-in with Tony Quesada, [...] [...more]
Under discussion at the June 26, 2009 general meeting of the Brazil-Jacksonville Alliance were the status of Workforce Florida training grant and upcoming trade mission to Jacksonville’s most recent sister city designation – Curitiba, Brazil. The $50,000 $55,000 Workforce Florida grant was awarded to the Alliance in February. JAXPORT’s manager of community outreach and environmental [...] [...more]