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Tag: Lakeland Chamber

Jean and David Bunch
Posted inPeople

Bonnet Springs Park Visionaries David and Jean Bunch Win George Jenkins Award

by Barry Friedman February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Other honorees at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting: Allen & Company and Mail Processing Associates.

Posted inBusiness, People

Amy Wiggins Named CEO of Lakeland Chamber of Commerce

by Barry Friedman January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

Amy Wiggins, a communications professional whose career has focused on Lakeland non-profit organizations, has been named president and CEO of the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce. It’s a homecoming for her because she had been an executive there from 2005 to 2015.

Posted inBusiness, People

Cory Skeates Resigns as CEO of the Lakeland Chamber

by Barry Friedman October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Cory Skeates has resigned as president and CEO of the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce, a post he has held since January 2015, the organization announced today. The resignation takes effect immediately.

Posted inBusiness

Chamber: What If We Expand Our Current Building?

by Barry Friedman June 22, 2017August 9, 2022

As Lakeland Chamber of Commerce leaders pursue plans to develop a business resource center, they’re floating an idea: Instead of moving into a new facility, why not double the size of the 1926 building they’ve used for 51 years?

Posted inA & E, People

From Rodeo to Opera: ‘That’s Lakeland’

by Barry Friedman February 23, 2015August 9, 2022

Amy Wiggins has moved from promoting the Chamber of Commerce` to leading the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, but she’s still hawking Lakeland as a place of entertainment options ranging from rodeo to opera. In today’s Monday Profile in The Ledger, she spoke of a recent weekend that included both events: “There is so much going on here, there […]

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Amy Wiggins’ Symphony Move Strikes a Happy Note

by Barry Friedman January 28, 2015October 31, 2022

Facebook Friends are congratulating Amy Wiggins on her move from vice president of communications at the Lakeland Chamber to executive director of the Imperial Symphony Orchestra.  Notes Brian Hall in the comments on The Ledger’s article about the transition: Wow, good choice. Filling Katie Daughtrey‘s shoes is a challenge for anybody, but I suspect Amy Wiggins […]

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