Florida Funders, SPP, Drift and others form platform to attract tech companies

As Tampa Bay emerges as one of the top cities for tech talent, local economic development leaders, investors and executives have launched a tool to help recruit more tech businesses to the region.

The coalition is made up of organizations including Embarc Collective, Strategic Property Partners (the developers of Water Street Tampa), angel investment group Florida Funders, startups Drift and AI.io in cooperation with the City of Tampa, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, St. Petersburg Economic Development Corporation, Enterprise Florida and Synapse Florida.

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Micki Morency was horrified as she watched reports of thousands of men, women and children from Haiti subsisting in crowded, unsanitary conditions under a Texas bridge.

She had a similar reaction as she later learned that many were being methodically sent back to Haiti, which was reeling from yet another natural disaster and political upheaval.

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His opening remarks on the sister city concept. [Facebook Video]

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