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SEPT 2017 MED Week CELEBRATION

President’s Message

Beth Tramel

THANK YOU

SPONSORS

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2017 MED WEEK CELEBRATION Visual Solutions Inc. (VSI)
The First Coast Business Alliance (FCBA) has the honor SILVER JEA
and privilege of hosting the 2017 MED Week celebration. Jacksonville Transportation
This year’s theme is “Advancing Business; Connections Authority
that Count”. We are very excited about this year’s JMI
celebration. We have hosted this wonderful event on the Beaver Street Enterprise Center
Student
First
First Coast for over 16 years. FCBA’s mission is to uplift
and promote small, women and minority businesses. SMAALL BUSINESS F&R Professional Cleaning
MED Week allows us the opportunity to recognize the THF Hubery
outstanding contributions these businesses make in the
Jacksonville community. This year we added a Breakfast PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
event, which provided participants with information BOARD MEMBER
regarding Governor Rick Scott’s Florida Advisory Council ASSOCIATION
on Small and Minority Business Development. In
addition to this event, we also hosted the 14th Annual Duval County Public Schools
Youth Entrepreneur Summit (YES), where over 100 JPerry & Associates
Jacksonville Transportation
local students learned about Entrepreneurship through Authority
activities and workshops. JEA
US Small Business
Administration
This celebration would not have been possible without University of North Florida
the support of all of the agencies, businesses, and Visual Solutions Inc.
volunteers that were committed to ensuring the success FCBA MEMBER ASSOCIATION
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of our First Coast’s MED Week celebration. I want to
especially thank all of our sponsors for their fi nancial City of Jacksonville
support, contribution of resources, transportation FSMDSC
services and other in-kind donations. Jacksonville Port Authority
Jacksonville
Transportation
Authority
Once again, I would like to thank everyone for Lotus Global Ventures LLC
supporting the 2017 MED Week celebration. Natural Knowledge
ThreeZ Company

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