Announcement from our Vice Mayor

While at the National League of Cities conference, I learned that Florida passed an economic gardening bill focusing on 2nd stage companies. Second stage companies are defined below. Yours may be one of them! This bill is a $1.5 mil technical assistance pilot program providing 35 hours of free technical assistance to help companies grow. Details and contact information are below.

EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR GROW FL PROGRAM

PARTICIPANTS

Workforce Florida has a new initiative in place to make available funds from the IWT Grant program to address the specific skills upgrade training needs of Florida’s second-stage growth companies participating in the program. Funding is available through June 30, 2011. If you have interest in the funding available to participants, please contact Sarah Fixel, Workforce Florida, at 850-921-1132.

What are the Eligibility Criteria for GrowFL?

To be considered for selection as a participant in the Florida Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Pilot Program, an enterprise must meet the following criteria at the time of selection:

• Be a for-profit, privately held, investment-grade business;

• Employ at least 10 but not more than 50 people;

• Maintained its principal place of business in Florida for at least the previous two years;

• Generate at least $1 million but not more than $25 million in annual revenue;

• Qualify for the tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses under s. 288.106;

• During three of the previous five years, have increased both number of full-time equivalent employees in this state and gross revenues.

You can also visit www.growFL.com for more information.

Suzanne Mulvehill, MBA
Vice Mayor
Lake Worth, Florida
561-586-1734
561-267-9829 (c)