Chamber’s 2024 Fall Community Breakfast – Education & Workforce Update – Last Friday

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The Greater Florence Chamber held its fall Community Breakfast on Friday, November 1, as an Education and Workforce Update. The event was held at Florence Center.

The breakfast speakers included Francis Marion University President, Dr. Fred Carter, Florence-Darlington Technical College President, Dr Jermaine Ford and Florence County Economic Development CEO, Gregg Robinson.

Gregg Robinson started the program session with an economic development update and shared the need to continue to develop the area workforce given the dramatic industry expansion here in the Pee Dee.

Dr. Carter and Dr. Ford followed on the workforce topic with impressive statistics on what Francis Marion University and Florence Darlington Technical College have added to their classrooms and educational programming.

This program was made possible by Signature Wealth Strategies and First Reliance Bank.

To see more photos from the event, click here.