LAKELAND, Fla., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Barney Barnett School of Business & Free Enterprise at Florida Southern College is about to host the 8th Polk Real Estate and Economic Update on Oct. 28, within the George W. Jenkins Field House. Gold sponsors for the occasion are SouthState Bank and SVN| Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate.
Tickets for the occasion should be bought prematurely on or earlier than Oct. 21, on the following link: https://www.flsouthern.edu/events-center/conferences/polk-real-estate-conference.aspx
The occasion begins at 8 a.m. with continental breakfast, whereas the primary panel begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will even be offered.
The Barnett School of Business final hosted this occasion in 2018. The college usually invitations the county’s main actual property professionals, banking and monetary consultants, market analysts, and financial growth professionals to share their insights on the continued financial development and growth in our area. Polk County is the fourth quickest rising metropolitan space in the United States, with 10 million shoppers inside 100 miles, 4 worldwide airports inside 60 miles, and three deep-water seaports inside 75 miles. In the previous 24 months, 11 corporations have both expanded or discovered new houses in Polk County, making greater than $600 million in capital funding and creating greater than 3,500 jobs.
The 4 panel and dialogue subjects embody capital, financial drivers, transportation, and actual property. Moderators will probably be Mr. James Farrell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at Florida Southern; Mr. Steve Scruggs, Lakeland Economic Development Council; Mr. H.D. “Jake” Polumbo, Two Blue Aces, Founding Partner and Senior Consultant, Major General USAF (ret.); and Mr. David Hungerford, CCIM, SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate.
Panelists will embody Presidents and CEO’s from many main companies in Polk County, together with SouthState Bank, MIDFLORIDA Credit Union, Publix Super Markets, Bonnet Springs Park, the Florida Department of Transportation, and SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate.
To conclude the occasion, FSC President Dr. Anne B. Kerr will current the Economic Development Award to Mr. Ernest S. “Ernie” Pinner, the Executive Chairman of SouthState Bank. A lifelong resident of Polk County, Pinner based CenterState Bank in 1999 in Winter Haven, serving as Chairman, President, and CEO from 2004 by means of 2015. He served as Executive Chairman till 2020, when CenterState Bank acquired SouthState Bank.
Previous Economic Development Award winners embody Mr. Todd Jones of Publix Super Markets in 2018, Mr. Bill Pou of W.S. Badcock Corporation in 2016, Mr. David P. Lyons of Saddle Creek Logistics in 2015, Mr. Joe P. Ruthven of the Ruthvens in 2014, and Mr. Garry Drummond of the Drummond Company in 2013.
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Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest non-public faculty within the state. The College maintains its dedication to tutorial excellence by means of 70+ undergraduate packages and distinctive graduate packages in enterprise administration, schooling, nursing, and bodily remedy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning nationwide chief in engaged studying, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the many “Best Regional Universities in the South” by U.S. News & World Report in its 2023 “Best Colleges” information and is included in The Princeton Review’s 2023 Best 388 Colleges information and the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023.” The 2022-2023 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern’s AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College’s School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review additional laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost packages within the nation for enterprise and nursing schooling. Home to the world’s largest single-site assortment of Frank Lloyd Wright structure, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review’s high 20 “Most Beautiful Campus” nationwide itemizing for 13 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
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