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SUMMARY:Tourism Task Force - Invitation ONLY
DESCRIPTION:The Tourism Task Force will be joined by Dennis Grady\, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches & Jodi Cross\, Palm Beach Regional Director of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association for an update on Amendment 2 and the effects it may have \n\n\n\nPresenter: Jodi Cross\, Palm Beach Regional Director\n\nFlorida Restaurant & Lodging Association\n\n\n\nTopic:  Amendment 2- Raising Minimum Wage to $15\n\nReceive an industry updates as it relates to a Rebound for restaurants and what we need now\n\nPre-Post Covid statistics\n\n\n\nJodi Cross-Regional Director for the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association for Palm Beach & The Treasure Coast. Cross is highly respected in the non-profit and hospitality arena's. She has run the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association in Palm Beach County for the past 3 years. Her position entails advocating for industry issues on a local and state level.  The associations main purpose is to support\, protect and educate Florida's $111.7 billion hospitality industry which represents 1.4 million employees. \n\nJodi sits on the Palm Beach State College Hospitality Advisory Board. In addition\, she facilitates a CEO women's mastermind group called The Commonwealth Institute. \n\nBefore joining FRLA\, Jodi was Corporate Director of Marketing for a 300 Million Dollar hotel company and ran global marketing for 30 hotels in the US\, Middle East\, Latin American and the Caribbean.\n\n\n\nMission: Bring together Chamber tourism members and tourism industry businesses and leaders in a task force to identify ways to support and promote tourism in Palm Beach County\n\n\nThe task force will:\n\n	Gather information on issues and challenges \n	Brainstorm and implement solutions\n	Provide a portal for information\, partnerships and community participation\n\n*Photos and/or videos will be taken at this event for publications and promotions.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>The Tourism Task Force will be joined by Dennis Grady\, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches &amp\; Jodi Cross\, Palm Beach Regional Director of the Florida Restaurant &amp\; Lodging Association for an update on Amendment 2 and the effects it may have&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nPresenter: Jodi Cross\,&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><u>Palm Beach Regional Director</u><br />\n<span style="color:#385623\;">Florida Restaurant &amp\; Lodging Association</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Topic:</strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong>&nbsp\;Amendment 2- Raising Minimum Wage to $15<br />\nReceive an&nbsp\;industry updates as it relates to a Rebound for restaurants and what we need now<br />\nPre-Post Covid statistics</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Jodi Cross-Regional Director for the Florida Restaurant &amp\; Lodging Association for Palm Beach &amp\; The Treasure Coast. Cross is highly respected in the non-profit and hospitality arena&rsquo\;s. She has run the Florida Restaurant &amp\; Lodging Association in Palm Beach County for the past 3 years. Her position entails <span style="color:#272727\;">advocating for industry issues on a local and state level. </span>&nbsp\;The associations main purpose is to support\, protect <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt\;">and </span>educate Florida&rsquo\;s $111.7 billion hospitality industry which represents 1.4 million employees. </span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Jodi sits on the <span style="color:#272727\;">Palm Beach State College Hospitality Advisory Board. In addition\, she facilitates a CEO women&rsquo\;s mastermind group called The Commonwealth Institute. </span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#272727\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Before joining FRLA\, Jodi was Corporate Director of Marketing for a 300 Million Dollar hotel company and ran global marketing for 30 hotels in the US\, Middle East\, Latin American and the Caribbean.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Mission</strong>: Bring together Chamber tourism members and tourism industry businesses and leaders in a task force to identify ways to support and promote tourism in Palm Beach County</span>\n<div><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>The task force will:</strong></span>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;">Gather information on issues and challenges&nbsp\;</span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;">Brainstorm and implement solutions</span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;">Provide a portal for information\, partnerships and community participation</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">*Photos and/or videos will be taken at this event for publications and promotions.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n
LOCATION:Webinar: Guests will receive Webinar/Teleconference information after registering
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