It's Great to Belong! The "WE" Approach

*****Your Chamber directors, committee leaders and staff met last week to celebrate successes from this program year and to lay out plans for the next. Our sincerest thanks to these volunteer leaders and all our committee members for their support and loyalty! The session was hosted by Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater (PTC), where incoming Chairman of the Board Jake Prokop is executive director. Current Chairman Nate Cocco of State Farm Team Cocco will officially hand over leadership to Jake at the Chamber’s 69th Annual Meeting & Awards Breakfast on Sept. 27.

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*****Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

*****When: September 29 at 1 PM

*****Where: AMA Medical Group

*****1280 Missouri Avenue, Largo 33770

*****Register here.

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Coffee An' Networking at CareerSource Pinellas

Thank you everyone for coming out to our Coffee An' Networking event last week. What a great turnout! A huge thank you to CareerSource Pinellas for hosting, and our sponsors Piper Fire Protection and Cloud Law Firm for making these events possible.

Shout out to Advanced Video Systems for the photos! Check out the video here. 

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