{"id":1447,"date":"2011-10-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/what-a-successful-chamber-of-commerce-looks-like.html"},"modified":"2011-10-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:00:00","slug":"what-a-successful-chamber-of-commerce-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/what-a-successful-chamber-of-commerce-looks-like.html","title":{"rendered":"What a successful Chamber of Commerce looks like"},"content":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/article\/20110929\/BUSINESS\/109290318\/Solar-project-expected-energize-Gadsden-economy\">\na successful Chamber of Commerce looks like:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nState Sen. Bill Montford, right, congratulates Gadsden County Chamber of\nCommerce Executive Director David Gardner on the National Solar Power&#8217;s\nmassive solar farm project.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/article\/20110929\/BUSINESS\/109290318\/Solar-project-expected-energize-Gadsden-economy\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/cmsimg.tallahassee.com\/apps\/pbcsi.dll\/bilde?Site=CD&#038;Date=20110929&#038;Category=BUSINESS&#038;ArtNo=109290318&#038;Ref=AR&#038;MaxW=640&#038;Border=0&#038;Solar-project-expected-energize-Gadsden-economy\"><\/a>\n<blockquote>\nWith the excitement of a massive solar-energy farm coming to the community\nstill fresh on their minds, Gadsden County businesses are looking ahead\nto the potential such a project could have on the local economy.\n<p>\nMonday&#8217;s announcement by National Solar Power was a discussion topic\nWednesday at the &#8220;Go Gadsden&#8221; breakfast of the Gadsden County Chamber of\nCommerce. The invited speaker, state Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee,\ntold the gathering the project&#8217;s impact will extend well beyond the\ncounty.\n<p>\n&#8220;This is good for Gadsden County, but it&#8217;s good for all of North Florida,&#8221;\nMontford said during the breakfast at the Florida Public Safety Institute\nin Midway. &#8220;We believe it&#8217;s just the beginning.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nI look forward to seeing\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostachamber.com\/staff.htm\">\nMyrna Ballard<\/a>\nin such a picture.\nOr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/staffboard.html\">\nAndrea Schruijer.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what a successful Chamber of Commerce looks like: State Sen. Bill Montford, right, congratulates Gadsden County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director David Gardner on the National Solar Power&#8217;s massive solar farm project. 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