http://blog.lakelandchamber.com/2009/06/lakeland-and-polk-county-chambers-of-commerce-address-school-board-contractor-selection-process/ Lakeland, a true sense of place Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:42:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://blog.lakelandchamber.com/2009/06/lakeland-and-polk-county-chambers-of-commerce-address-school-board-contractor-selection-process/comment-page-1/#comment-3198 Frank Kendrick Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:30:44 +0000 http://blog.lakelandchamber.com/?p=1179#comment-3198 Many thanks to the Lakeland Chamber and the other Polk County Chambers for your work and advocacy on behalf of local Polk County Contractors. In response to the proposed local preference, we have requested that larger firms that partner with local firms not recieve a point deduction or be given equivalent points based on their efforts to \boot-strap\ smaller and emerging firms within our county. The \Buy Lakeland\ or the proposed \Buy Polk\ campaigns should encourage partnerships. While we are big advocates of these campaigns and keeping our dollars local, providing no incentives for partnering can reverse the progress made by our City and County in encouraging diversity and could result in an increase in our \under-served\ market. Many thanks to the Lakeland Chamber and the other Polk County Chambers for your work and advocacy on behalf of local Polk County Contractors. In response to the proposed local preference, we have requested that larger firms that partner with local firms not recieve a point deduction or be given equivalent points based on their efforts to \boot-strap\ smaller and emerging firms within our county. The \Buy Lakeland\ or the proposed \Buy Polk\ campaigns should encourage partnerships. While we are big advocates of these campaigns and keeping our dollars local, providing no incentives for partnering can reverse the progress made by our City and County in encouraging diversity and could result in an increase in our \under-served\ market.

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