West Palm Beach, FL – In partnership with Palm Beach County and the City of Boynton Beach, The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB) today announced that Advanced Communications Group, Inc. (ACG),

South Florida manufacturers started last year to make up some of the jobs they lost in the previous decade, according to a report released by the Brookings Institute on Wednesday.

CEOs nationwide have voted Florida the second-best state for business, according to an annual survey by Chief Executive magazine. ARTICLE LINK

The City Commission unanimously voted to establish the Delray Beach Economic Development Fund to support citywide economic opportunities (i.e., financial incentives) to attract and/or retain jobs as well as to increase the City's

South Florida's age-defying Baby Boomers are attracting companies that make and sell health and beauty products, economic development officials say.
Three such firms have moved or made plans to move to the region since late last year. Three local companies are expanding.

PDF LINK Building on a break-out inaugural year, the 2012 Florida Companies to Watch awards program is back to recognize and award growing second-stage companies, headquartered in Florida, that have established themselves as

The Florida Chamber Foundation announced that Kelly Smallridge, CEO & President of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, has been selected to serve on their Six Pillars Caucus System™ as a representative for their community. Ms. Smallridge will join more than 400 leaders from across the state on the Innovation and Economic Development Caucus to help craft the first-ever, statewide strategic plan.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. broke ground Tuesday on a new helicopter hangar that some hope will give lift to bigger expansion plans in Palm Beach County.
The new hangar will result in at least 14 manufacturing and engineering jobs, said Joe Sikora, director, Florida Assembly and Flight Operations for Sikorsky. The new jobs will pay about $80,000 a year, a spokesman said.
Sun Sentinel Marcia Heroux Pounds