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You're invited the to FEDC Annual Meeting

The FEDC Annual Meeting will take place on Monday, May 20th from 4-5:30 during the 2019 Florida Economic Development Conference. The meeting will take place in the Hammock Beach Resort's Flagler and Crescent rooms.

As an attendee of the conference you are invited to the meeting.

What to know before you go

Do you have questions about the 2019 FEDC Conference? We have answers.

There is now a FAQs document for conference attendees, speakers, and exhibitors. It also contains facility and exhibitors maps.

Get your answers today.

Conference Welcome Area

Join GrowFL and Florida Trend in the Hammock Beach Resort Lobby from 2 pm to 3:30 pm for music, refreshments and networking during hotel check-in.

New hotel options

The Hammock Beach Resort room block closed April 29. Additional rooms may be available at normal rates.

Alternate hotels include:

Hampton Inn & Suites Palm Coast at 150 Flagler Plaza Drive, Palm Coast, Florida, 32137. TEL: +1-386-439-8999

Hilton Garden Inn Palm Coast Town Center at 55 Town Center Boulevard, Palm Coast, Florida, 32164. TEL: +1-386-586-2463

The room rate for both is $94.00 plus a 12% tax.

See who will be attending the conference

The list of attendees for #FEDC19 is growing by the day. See which of your fellow professionals will be at this year's conference.

We have two lists:

Take part in our putting contest

Now is the time to put together your teams for the Powering Florida Putting Challenge presented by Florida Power & Light and Gulf Power during the Southwest Airlines Welcome Reception at 6:00 PM on Monday, May 20th.

Speakers Feature

One of the conference highlights will be the Site Location Consultant Presentation.

A panel moderated by Tim Vanderhoof, SVP of Business Development, EFI and feature:

Gray Swoope, VisionFirst Advisors
Jeff Troan, Ryan
Win Williamson, EY

This session will allow ample time for Q&A. Please come prepared to engage with Gray, Jeff, and Win. They are looking forward to your questions about trends in economic development. Learn more about them on the Speakers page on our website.

Here's what's on tap at FEDC19

Aside from site location presentation, be sure to check out the current agenda and see all the great knowledge you will be able to tap into.

Celebrate IEDC Economic Development Week

Created by the International Economic Development Council in 2016, the goal of Economic Development Week (EDW) is to increase awareness for local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities and increase the quality of life in communities everywhere. Economic Development Week includes activities in communities large and small designed to highlight the importance of economic development and the good work that economic developers do every day.