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East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, FL - July 19, 2012 through August 1, 2012 • Year III • Number 107- FREE
Boca Raton Ranks Second in the Nation as a Hotspot for Startup Companies
See page 23 If you think of Boca Raton, Florida as a retirement village for New York snowbirds, you’re missing out on the location of the future of the Internet. Smaller cities have become the new hotspots for startup companies according to Businessweek.com. According to zoomprospector.com, Boca Raton was ranked number two in the country as one of the best
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places to start new companies. “ZoomProspector.com, a business location Web site, weighed 11 factors, including the number of startups, quality of the workforce, and resources like universities and venture capital” states businessweek.com. “Boca is a fertile place to plant a business,” says entrepreneur Thomas Madden. “Reason being is that there
are maintenances and resources that are really unrivaled in many other cities around the country.” With a population of over 85,870, Boca Raton is the perfect place to start your company. The city is not just for retirees anymore; Boca Raton prides itself in being called “Silicon Beach,” with a many of the tech buildings created by the veterans of IBM, See Pg.23
It’s Boca Festival Time Again
BOCA RATON – August may be one of the quietest months of the summer. But Boca Raton residents look forward each year to the arrival of August – and Boca Festival Days. The Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce and Boca Festival Days Chair Jon Sahn welcome everyone to the busiest time of the Chamber’s year! “We can’t wait to attend all of the wonderful events that are happening,” Sahn said. Chamber President and CEO Troy McLellan said
Boca Festival Days is the Chamber’s outreach to the nonprofit community. “Non-profit Boca Chamber members join forces with for-profit Chamber members to hold a fun-filled event during the month of August,” he said. The goal is to raise awareness and funds for the nonprofit member’s philanthropic efforts. All month long, residents of Boca Raton will travel from event to event, participating in everything that is great about this city - from the smaller events to the grand,” McLellan added. The Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce helps to facilitate these events that are created and run by a pairing of non-profit members with for-profit members to See Pg.B9
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