Tag: JAX Chamber

A.G. GancarskiNovember 19, 2015
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A narrative circulating before Lenny Curry‘s election contended that Jacksonville wasn’t getting all it could out of the annual economic development trips to London. Some said, perhaps for political reasons, that former mayor Alvin Brown was ill-suited to make the sale to multinational companies that otherwise might be persuaded to relocate to or launch operations […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 21, 2015
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On Thursday night, Tim McGraw played Jacksonville. Virtually everyone but this writer seemingly was there. Among those attending: three of the biggest power players in #jaxpol. Jax Chamber President Daniel Davis, Council President Greg Anderson, and, wearing a 10-gallon hat that his childhood idol Dusty Rhodes would have endorsed, Mayor Lenny Curry. Davis has spoken often in public, as recently […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2015
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Business and energy leaders from around the United States will converge on Jacksonville from October 14 through the 16th, for the Florida Energy Summit. The JAX Chamber will host the summit in coordination with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Energy conservation and resource diversification will be discussed. “As the nation’s third largest consumer of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 2015
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Those with long institutional memories in Jacksonville noted that the JAX Chamber, via its JAXBIZ political arm, took a much more active role in the 2015 municipal elections than in previous years. That effort was helped along by meaningful funding and resource allocation for endorsed candidates, and Tuesday’s election showed it paid off. Mayor-elect Lenny Curry, Sheriff-elect Mike […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015
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The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce‘s political arm, JAXBIZ, endorsed almost a full slate of candidates in the Jacksonville First Election, and the results were mostly (though not uniformly) positive, with seven candidates winning outright and eight advancing to the May 19 runoff election. The email that the group sent out highlights Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry and Sheriff hopeful Mike […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 25, 2015
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The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce‘s political arm, JAXBIZ, endorsed almost a full slate of candidates in the Jacksonville First Election, and the results were mostly (though not uniformly) positive, with seven candidates winning outright and eight advancing to the May 19 runoff election. The email that the group sent out highlights Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry and Sheriff hopeful Mike […]


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