Some are paying their own way, while taxpayers will pick up the travel, hotel and other expenses for city and county officials. The delegation includes Tallahassee's political, educational and business elite.Īmong them are Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and the entire City Commission, Leon County Commissioners Bryan Desloge, Kristin Dozier and Mary Ann Lindley, officials specializing in research and workforce from Florida State, Florida A&M and Tallahassee Community College, consultants and entrepreneurs. "We don't do these trips unless we have a real purpose and a focus and an outcome we can measure," Dick said. Last week, WalletHub released an analysis stating Tallahassee was the top Florida city to start a business, beating larger cities such as Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville. Tallahassee start-ups and its entrepreneurship-friendly environment are getting noticed. The Boulder Inter-City Trip follows previous cross-country trips - Madison, Wisconsin, and Austin, Texas, for example - organized by the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce - all of which, chamber and government officials say, led to tangible results for Tallahassee.īut this trip is different. "You do these trips so you can expedite and be as competitive as you can and determine what is our uniqueness in this massive world that is changing." And that's why you do these trips," Dick said. They can be anywhere because they see it. People want to be where the "next big city is talked about," said Chamber President and CEO Sue Dick. An August 2012 USA Today article listed Boulder in its "Top Cities for Technology Startups." It's also a tour de food, a place Bon Appetit Magazine labeled as America's Foodiest Town in 2010.
For the next three jam-packed days, about 60 Tallahasseeans will embark on a tour to learn how Boulder has evolved into a culture magnet and start-up haven. Restaurants and shops on Pearl Street are a center of commerce. Boulder, Colorado, has something Tallahassee officials and professionals believe is worth seeing.Ī city 1,350 miles away, Boulder boasts a scenic backdrop created by the snowy Flatiron mountains.
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