April 23, 2012
COMPANY
SAFETY TOPIC OF VMA DINNER MEETING – Thomas & Betts will be the
featured presenter at the upcoming dinner meeting of the Volusia
Manufacturers Association (VMA). The 2011 VMA Best Practice Award winner
for safety, the firm will speak on how companies can improve their
safety record. The dinner is April 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Volusia Room
at Daytona Beach International Airport. For reservations go to:
VMAonline.com or call 386-673-0505.
FIRST
QUARTER ECONOMIC SUMMARY MAY 4 – Volusia County Economic
Development’s quarterly briefing on local economic indicators will be
May 4 in the Volusia Room at Daytona Beach International Airport.
Breakfast will be served at 7:45 a.m. The presentation begins at 8 a.m.
with a welcome from Volusia County Chair Frank Bruno. The summary will
cover the first quarter of this year. To make a reservation, call
386-248-8048 by April 30. Seating is limited. The breakfast is free and
parking will be validated.
SOUTHWEST
VOLUSIA BUSINESS SUMMIT MAY 11 – Congressman John Mica will host a
business summit focusing on Southwest Volusia County. The program will
bring together several experts including federal, state and private
sector financing resources to provide assistance to expand employment
opportunities. The summit is May 11 from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. at Deltona
City Hall, 2345 Providence Blvd. There is no charge and reservations are
not required. For information go to:
mica.house.gov.
FL CLAN A
TOOL FOR CLEANTECH DEVELOPMENT -- The Florida Cleantech Acceleration
Network (FL CAN) program is a network of laboratory facilities that are
dedicated to clean technology development. Entrepreneurs, students,
scientists and established companies can gain access to the FL CAN lab
facilities to develop commercial products using Florida-based research.
Researchers within this network of laboratory facilities have expertise
in engineering, chemistry, energy research, building science, and energy
policy analysis. For information go to:
tinyurl.com/87ra58p.
STETSON
OFFERS FAMILY BUSINESS HELP -- According to the Family Business
Review, 80 - 90 percent of all U.S. companies are family businesses. It
also has been reported that over the next decade more than 40 percent of
executives at those companies will retire. Stetson University's Family
Enterprise Center (FEC) has been helping students, professionals and
family business owners since 1998 and offers a bachelor of business
administration degree with a major in family business. For more
information go to:
Stetson.edu/business/family.
RAIL
SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM MAY 8 IN ORLANDO – The U.S. Department of
Transportation and the U.S. Department of Commerce will host a forum May
8 at the Orlando World Center to attract U.S. manufacturers for the next
generation of rail equipment. The forum will facilitate connections
between rail OEM manufacturers and traditional and nontraditional rail
suppliers. For information go to:
mi2012.mepevents.com.
FORESTRY
BIG BUSINESS IN FLORIDA, VOLUSIA COUNTY – Forests are the major land
use in Volusia County comprising 65 percent of the 707,800 acres in the
county. Public land and forest industry companies account for 9 percent
each of the forests with the remaining 82 percent privately owned. The
value of the harvest exceeds $5 million annually, and the industry
provides more than 1,100 direct jobs with a payroll in excess of $21
million. There are over 150,000 forestry-related jobs in Florida with
payroll receipts exceeding $1.25 billion annually.
NEW
WEBSITE A RESOURCE FOR FINDING A HEALTHCARE JOB -- The Virtual
Career Network is new website to help connect people with the knowledge
and training they need to qualify for available health care jobs. For
information go to: vcn.org/healthcare.
NEWS
ITEMS WANTED! – Please send your business news items to Dave Byron,
Volusia County Community Information Director, 123 W. Indiana Ave.,
DeLand, 32720-4612, by fax at (386) 822-5072 or by e-mail at
dbyron@co.volusia.fl.us.
