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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2018

Jacksonville City Council Vice President Aaron Bowman made it official Monday, launching his bid for the board’s presidency. On Friday, Bowman came away with pledges from two former council presidents and a former mayor serving on the Council. Tradition holds that the vice president moves to the presidency, barring some unusual development, such as what happened […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 21, 2016

On Wednesday, a Jacksonville mainstay was elected to lead one of the state’s most vital economic development engines. Cathy Chambers, the senior vice president of strategy and business development for JAXUSA Partnership, was elected Florida Economic Development Council Chair for the fiscal year 2016-17. Chambers has been a member of the 22 person board for seven […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 16, 2015

Jacksonville’s unfunded pension liability: the crisis of our time. Mayor Lenny Curry has a plan to solve it. But it will need buy-in from Tallahassee, Curry said on Wednesday at the JAX USA quarterly luncheon. Telling the pro-business crowd at the Hyatt Regency that on issues like “job creation, it’s exciting and encouraging to see how […]

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Aaron Bowman gets Jacksonville City Council presidency backing from two former presidents

Jacksonville’s Cathy Chambers elected chair of Florida Economic Development Council

Lenny Curry calls for JAX USA crowd to press Tallahassee on pension solution