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The Florida Chamber of Commerce is an organization devoted to the advocacy of private businesses in the state of Florida. This Chamber originated in 1912, and included its first continuing group in 1916, the Florida Tick Eradication Committee. [1] As the group expanded and accepted new responsibilities, it became the Florida Development Board ...
In 1978, the responsibilities of the Florida Department of Commerce were split with the Department of Labor and Employment Security. In 1996, under Governor Lawton Chiles, Florida became the first state in the nation to place principal responsibility for economic development, international trade, research and marketing in the hands of a business-government partnership.
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) is the agency charged with licensing and regulating more than 1.6 million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, such as alcohol, beverage & tobacco, barbers/cosmetologists, condominiums, spas, hotels and restaurants, real estate agents and appraisers, and veterinarians, among many other industries.
Website. fdacs.gov. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is an executive department of the government of Florida. The Commissioner of Agriculture (directly elected by voters statewide for a four-year term, and a member of the Florida Cabinet) is the head of the department. The current commissioner is Wilton Simpson.
Jamal Sowell. Jamal Allen Sowell is a business executive in the state of Florida. [1] He served as the Florida Secretary of Commerce and as the chief executive officer of Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), the state's primary economic development agency under Governor Ron DeSantis. [2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sowell assisted the Governor on ...
The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court of Florida and consists of seven judges: the chief justice and six justices. The Court is the final arbiter of Florida law, and its decisions are binding authority for all other state courts. The five Florida District Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts.
World Commerce Center. World Commerce Center (WCC) is an approved Development of Regional Impact (DRI) under Section 380.06 of the Florida Statutes. [1] It is intended to be the commercial and office development center for St. Johns County, Florida, [2] one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States during the 2000s. [3] [4]
Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, increased 0.2% last month after a downwardly revised 0.2% drop in July, the Commerce ...