Why? Because he answered those questions at the JAX Chamber‘s Downtown Council of Jacksonville breakfast this morning, and you should’ve been there!

Kidding aside, thanks to everyone that joined us today, including Elizabeth Bagan, APRN, FNP-C, ENP-C and Nichole Mobley from JAX Chamber Professional Women’s Council, several of our newest members, and several soon to be members. (Contact Meg Hynes to join!)

Have a great weekend!

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Our Panelists:
Aundra Wallace, President of JAXUSA and former CEO of Downtown Investment Authority
Ellen Wiss, Immediate Past President of Women’s Giving Alliance and Co-Founder of READUSA, Inc.
Obi Umunna, Founder and Managing Partner of Umunna Legal Group and Local Political Strategist
Kemal Gasper, VyStar Program Manager of VyStar Credit Union and Board Member of Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
Whitney Meyer, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at University of North Florida and 2020 JAX Chamber Hightower Fellow
Benjamin Alcorn, General Manager of the SERVPRO of Mandarin, Jacksonville Beach/Ponte Vedra, and St. Augustine and Board Member of the Downtown Council (moderator)

As is the norm (if we can call anything normal in 2020!), we will be conducting this free event through Zoom, so please register here to receive the meeting details:

DTC Virtual Meeting – July 8, 2020

As always, thank you for reading, thank you for participating, and I look forward to seeing you (virtually) next week.

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a Licensed Jacksonville Realtor and technology consultant. While I speak for myself here, I work with Keller Williams Jacksonville and Saxon Business Systems / Xerox, and would be honored to speak with you about your copiers, office technology, or Jacksonville Real Estate needs. I can be reached at 904-219-3891 or brian@briantuttle.org

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• Virtual backdrops? Because we’re still virtual and using Zoom
• Crazy hats? Because Gracie Simendinger has one she really wants to show off, and hey, it’s Friday!
• Fantastic questions? Because Nikki would love to answer your questions about the Mayor’s initiatives, construction projects, COVID related timelines and plans to open up, host sporting events again, etc.

In addition, we’ll have a virtual breakout session for smaller group networking, just like last time. You’ll get an opportunity to get to know a handful (7 or 8, most likely) of people a bit better and share your story at the same time.

This is a free event, open to everyone, and a GREAT way to see the type of people and speakers that make up our Council and Council events. You MUST register, though, here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0d49a9ac2ca4f94-jaxchamber2

Thanks as always, please let us know if you plan to make it
#jacksonville #networking #dtjax

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a Licensed Jacksonville Realtor. While I speak for myself here, I work with Keller Williams Jacksonville and would be honored to speak with you about your Jacksonville Real Estate needs. I can be reached at 904-219-3891 or brian@briantuttle.org

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As per usual, we would really like to hear from a Downtown Council member, for the 5-Minute Spotlight Speaker portion, but we don’t have anyone locked in, yet… First come, first serve!

We expect this to be a highly attended breakfast, so please register ahead of time so we know you’re coming: https://www.downtowncouncil.org/events/dtc-meeting-february-7-2020/
As always, we’ll have yummy food from The Bread & Board, along with hot coffee from Jacksonville’s own Martin Coffee… All we need, is you.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to seeing you there!

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a Licensed Jacksonville Realtor and technology consultant. While I speak for myself here, I work with Keller Williams Jacksonville and Saxon Business Systems / Xerox, and would be honored to speak with you about your copiers, office technology, or Jacksonville Real Estate needs. I can be reached at 904-219-3891 or brian@briantuttle.org

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Is it because we have some of the greatest speakers in the entire JAX Chamber?

The best guests?

The best breakfast?

The best meeting locations?

The absolute best members?

Yes.

We’ve had tremendous growth as of late, and frankly, we have a lot of new members. Karen Mathis from the Jacksonville Daily Record will be our Member Spotlight Speaker of the week, but the main focus of this week’s breakfast meeting will be networking and getting to know one another.

We’ll probably take a page out of Wendy Norfleet, Ph.D.‘s book and get some networking games going, and it’s probably safe to say we’ll learn some interesting facts about people we thought we knew.

As always, yummy food from Laura Edgecombe and the Bread & Board and steaming coffee from Ben Johnson and Martin Coffee Company will be on hand.

We start chatting at 7:30am, while the official meeting starts at 8:00am. We’ll set you free at 9:00.

While you don’t need to pre-register, it definitely makes things easier, if you do: https://www.downtowncouncil.org/events/dtc-meeting-january-17-2020/

Thanks for reading, and see you there!

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We ended 2019 as the fastest growing, second largest Council in the Chamber. We added a net of 16 new members, which puts us within reach of the top spot, held strong by the wonderfully active Professional Women’s Council / PWC.

We’ve grown because people like you visit and decide to stick around!

Our members stay because they meet and make friends that can help grow their (and your) business.

And, you know, sometimes they win stuff.

We meet the 1st and 3rd Friday morning of each month, at the Old St Andrews Church. We begin networking at 7:30am, with the main program getting under way at 8am. We will be done by 9am.

The Old St Andrews Church / event venue is located at:

317 A.P.Randolph St

Jacksonville, FL 32202

You can expect between 45 and 60 people at each breakfast, so bring a bunch of cards and a concise intro about you and what you do.

As our namesake says, our speakers do tend to focus on Downtown Jacksonville, but since downtown affects a much larger region, from Orange Park, Riverside, Nocatee and even St Augustine, we get a very wide range of speaker and subject.

You can read more about our council at downtowncouncil.org, or feel free to contact me at 904-219-3891 if you’d rather call.

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a Licensed Jacksonville Realtor and technology consultant. While I speak for myself here, I work with Keller Williams Jacksonville and Saxon Business Systems / Xerox, and would be honored to speak with you about your copiers, office technology, or Jacksonville Real Estate needs. I can be reached at 904-219-3891 or brian@briantuttle.org

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Alan Bliss, Downtown Council Member and Executive Director of the Jacksonville Historical Society, will be our 5-minute Spotlight Speaker. Alan will share some news and upcoming events.

Smart people, smart conversations; a smart way to meet new people.

As always, delicious food from Laura Edgecombe and The Bread & Board, and hot coffee from Ben Johnson and Martin Coffee… Come find out why we’re the fastest growing and second-largest Council in the JAX Chamber.

While you don’t have to pre-register, but we’d really appreciate it, if you did: https://www.downtowncouncil.org/events/dtc-meeting-october-18-2019/

PS. Hey JITC – Jacksonville Information Technology Council– we’d love to have you stop by… The more, the merrier.

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Sheriff Williams will be talking about the current trends in crime in Jacksonville, what his organization is doing to combat them, and the overall priorities of the JSO.

As usual, our meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, at the Old St Andrews Church in Downtown Jacksonville.

If you haven’t been in a while, we have some great things going in 2019:

• Upgraded breakfast spread from the delicious Bread & Board
• Fantastic coffee from Martin Coffee
• We’re now the 2nd largest council in the JAX Chamber (2nd only to the longtime 1st, PWC!)
• We regularly have 60+ people in attendance
• We get guests like Sheriff Williams and Congressman Rutherford
• Did I mention the upgraded breakfast?

Stop by, if you can. We’d love to have you.

Registration isn’t required, but we’d appreciate knowing you’re coming, here: https://www.downtowncouncil.org/events/dtc-meeting-september-6-2019

Thanks and hope to see you there!

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a technology consultant and a Licensed Realtor. While I speak for myself here, I work with Saxon Business Systems, Xerox, and Keller Williams Jacksonville. I would be honored to speak with you about your copiers, office technology, or Real Estate needs. I can be reached at 904-345-0359 or brian@briantuttle.org

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The JAX Chamber’s Jacksonville Information Technology Council (the JITC) had some fun today. And no one even lost an eye!

We had an interesting panel of speakers, moderated by Uniti Fiber’s Joe Patton:

Clay Maddux (of University of North Florida), Matthew Parks (of PACE Center for Girls), Melissa Fulmore -Hardwick MBA, OCP, CCMP (of Acosta), Gourav Bhutani (of Citi), Doug Lowenthal (of TruTechnology), and Michael Griggs (of IvyTek, Inc.)

We meet the last Tuesday of each month, and regularly have 60-70 Jax IT professionals in attendance. Admission is free for Members, $10 for guests.

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a technology consultant, salesperson and enthusiast. While I speak for myself here, I work with Saxon Business Systems and Xerox, and would be honored to speak with you about your copiers and other office technology. I can be reached at 904-345-0359 or brian@briantuttle.org

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Todd Lindner, Director of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority’s Cecil Spaceport, will speak with us this Friday at the JAX Chamber’s Downtown Council.

We start at 7:30am, networking and the like, with the program getting under way at 8am.

As always, we love walk ups, but we’d really love it if you’d let us know you can make it. You can register here: https://www.downtowncouncil.org/events/dtc-meeting-june-21-2019/

Haven’t been to a Downtown Council in a while? Or, ever? Then, please stop by! We’re the fastest growing and second-largest Chamber Council because of our great members and wonderful guests.

Hope to see you on Friday!

About me: my name is Brian Tuttle, and I am a technology consultant, salesperson and enthusiast. While I speak for myself here, I work with Saxon Business Systems and Xerox, and would be honored to speak with you about your copiers and other office technology. I can be reached at 904-345-0359 or brian@briantuttle.org

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