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Alachua County Department of Growth Management 352.374.5249 | https :// growth-management . alachuacounty . us
Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation 941.803.9030 | www . bradentonareaedc . com
Central Florida Development Council Inc . 863.937.4430 | www . cfdc . org
City of Cocoa 321.433.8800 | www . cocoafl . org
City of Deltona 386.878.8100 | www . deltonafl . gov
City of St . Petersburg Economic Development 727.893.7100 | www . stpete . org / economicdevelopment /
DeSoto County Economic Development Council 662.429.4414 | www . desotocounty . com
Economic Development Authority for Citrus County 352.795.2000 | www . edacitrus . com
Economic Development Commission of Florida ’ s Space Coast 321.638.2000 | www . spacecoastedc . org
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County 941.309.1200 | www . edcsarasotacounty . com
Enterprise Florida 407.956.5600 | www . enterpriseflorida . com
Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity 386.313.4071 | www . flaglercountyedc . com
Florida Economic Development Council 850.601.0870 | www . fedconline . org
Gainesville Council for Economic Outreach 352.378.7300 | www . gainesvillechamber . com / economic-development /
Haines City Economic Development Council 863.422.2525 | www . hainescityedc . com
Hardee County Chamber of Commerce 863.773.6967 | www . hardeecc . com
Hernando County Office of Economic Development 352.540.6400 | www . hernandobusiness . com
Highlands County Economic Development Commission 863.402.6924 | www . highlandsedc . com
Hillsborough County Economic Development Department 813.272.7232 | www . hillsboroughcounty . org / en / government / departments / econdev
Lake County Office of Economic Development 352.742.3918 | www . businessinlakefl . com / businesssupport / economicdevelopmentcoordinators
Lakeland Economic Development Council 863.687.3788 | www . lakelandedc . com
Orlando Economic Partnership 407.422.7159 | www . orlandoedc . com
Nature Coast Business Development Council of Levy County 352.493.6797 | www . naturecoast . org
Ocala / Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership 352.629.8051 | http :// ocalacep . com / Osceola % 20County % 20Economic % 20Development % 20Department
Osceola County Economic Development Department 407.742.4200 | www . greaterosceola . com
Pasco Economic Development Council 888.607.2726 | www . pascoedc . com
Pinellas County Economic Development 727.464.7332 | www . pced . org
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Putnam County Chamber of Commerce 386.328.1503 | www . putnamcountychamber . com
Seminole County Economic Development 407.665.7134 | http :// www . seminolecountyfl . gov / businesses / economic-development /
Sumter County Economic Development 352.689.4400 | www . sumterbusiness . com
Tampa Bay Partnership 888.564.7493 | www . tampabay . org
Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation 813.218.3300 | www . tampaedc . com
Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation 386.265.6332 | www . teamvolusiaedc . com
Volusia County Economic Development 800.554.3801 | www . floridabusiness . org
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