Since its inception, the CFDC has helped generate more than 19,000 jobs for Polk County citizens and more than $3.2 billion in capital investment. Fortune 500 companies like Ford Motor Company, McKesson Pharmaceuticals, Lockheed Martin, GEICO, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart and Sherwin Williams have all located facilities in Polk County under the CFDC watch.

City of St. Petersburg Economic Development
The City of St. Petersburg Economic Development is dedicated to supporting business retention, recruitment and expansion to ensure St. Petersburg’s prominent position as a vital economic engine within the Tampa Bay market. The Department works to expand employment opportunities, increase the economic sustainability of its activity centers, support the development of a quality workforce, augment the collaboration between the public and private sectors for mutual benefit, and ensure a high quality of life for all residents. The Department provides financial incentives, supplies market data, supports financing and business counseling programs, engages in redevelopment projects, markets St. Petersburg to business and promotes partnerships with other organizations to achieve its stated goals.

Clearwater Chamber of Commerce
The Clearwater Chamber of Commerce is a business membership organization which represents more than 1,700 businesses in the Tampa Bay area, predominantly North Pinellas County. The programs and services of the Chamber range from tourism promotion, networking opportunities, government affairs and access to local and state officials. The Chamber works closely with government officials at all levels to help maintain and encourage a business friendly environment.

EDC of Sarasota County
The mission of the EDC of Sarasota County is to grow, diversify and sustain the economy of Sarasota County while enhancing its unique natural and cultural environment. The vision of the EDC is to be the organization that is the catalyst for creating a vibrant economy that is sustainable and competitive globally.

Enterprise Florida (Orlando)
Enterprise Florida is a public-private partnership serving as Florida’s primary organization devoted to statewide economic development. EFI's mission is to diversify Florida's economy and create better-paying jobs for its citizens by supporting, attracting and helping create business in innovative, high-growth industries.

Florida High Tech Corridor
Florida High Tech Corridor was established by the Legislature in 1996 to attract, retain and grow high tech industry and to help develop the workforce to support those industries in the 21-county service areas of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of South Florida (USF). In January 2005, the Council welcomed the University of Florida (UF) as a full partner of this unique economic development initiative, merging the strengths of three world-class universities and bringing the number of Corridor counties to 23.

Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit business membership organization that helps promote the businesses and business interests of its members. The chamber's goal is to contribute to the business success of its members and the economic growth of the community.

Hillsborough County Economic Development Department
The Economic Development Department administers programs that sustain and encourage the economic growth of the local economy, including programs that stimulate the creation of quality jobs for the skilled and semi-skilled work force. It supports agriculture, small business, minority, and financial sectors. It works in concert with local chambers of commerce, disadvantaged minority / women and small business enterprise programs, and spearheads Workforce Investment Act Programs.

Lakeland EDC
Lakeland EDC 

Manatee EDC
Manatee EDC is the only organization in Manatee County responsible for attracting and retaining "value-added" business within the community. Through a collaborative effort between "value-added" business, education, and workforce-related agencies, the EDC is able to promote linkages of resources and implementation of innovative workforce programs designed to help local employers maintain a viable, skilled workforce.

Metro Orlando EDC/CFTP
Metro Orlando EDC/CFTP is an organization that helps business. The EDC is dedicated to meeting the needs of today's industries and creating a competitive economic climate where businesses can thrive. To meet this goal, the EDC provides key services and support, which range from relocation and expansion expertise to export counsel to long-term planning with our community partners.

Pinellas County Economic Development
Pinellas County Economic Development works with existing businesses to encourage expansion and seeks to attract new companies with high-wage careers to Central Florida's Gulf Coast. Through investment tools, professional courses and business counseling sessions, trade missions to open new markets, as well as local, regional and statewide partnerships, PCED fosters a pro-business climate in Pinellas County, Florida.

Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
Sarasota Chamber of Commerce is a major force in the community's economic prosperity and outstanding lifestyle. An award-winning not-for-profit membership organization, The Chamber provides the leadership to achieve a diverse balanced economy that enhances the quality of living and working in greater Sarasota.

St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce
Whether it is aiding an existing small business in dealing with governmental red tape, or helping secure major sports franchises and entertainment events to fill Tropicana Field, the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce works on behalf of its members and the residents of St. Petersburg to promote and help deliver increased economic vitality to our area.

Tampa Bay Partnership
Tampa Bay Partnership is the regional organization that works with its partners to market the region nationally and internationally, to conduct regional research and to coordinate efforts to influence business and government issues that impact economic growth and development.