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GainesvilleConnect.com Sponsorship Request (B)
This item is a request for the City of Gainesville to become a sponsoring partner of the GainesvilleConnect.com initiative which seeks to develop a comprehensive online community tool to assist in recruiting and welcoming employees, researchers, companies and investment to the City of Gainesville and Alachua County.
Explanation
On October 24, 2012, GainesvilleConnect representative Stewart Thomas met with City Manager Russ Blackburn to discuss a partnership opportunity between the City of Gainesville and GainesvilleConnect.com. In a follow-up meeting held on December 3, 2012, city staff met with Ms. Annie Pais and Mr. Thomas to review details of a proposed partner sponsorship of the GainesvilleConnect.com initiative. Ms. Pais is Executive Director and Mr. Thomas serves as Creative Director for Florida’s Eden, a non-profit citizen initiative which promotes a sustainable and prosperous regional economy for North Florida based on the preservation of our natural and cultural resources. Florida’s Eden serves as the lead coordinating agency for GainesvilleConnect.com with in-kind support from Innovation Gainesville (iG) and the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce.
GainesvilleConnect.com describes the project as a collaborative web portal that seeks to provide a community portrait which reflects the quality of life in Gainesville and Alachua County and showcase the community as a regional hub for education, healthcare, arts and culture, recreation and a growing innovation based economy. The portal will help people relocate, find employment, start or move a business, plan conferences and identify other opportunities in Gainesville and Alachua County.
GainesvilleConnect.com requests that the City of Gainesville Commission become a participating sponsorship partner with a one-time investment of $5,000 to support development of its website. Partnership benefits include: exclusive partnership representation within yo...
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