Pasco EDC hosts Leadership Pasco Business and Industry Day

April 9, 2014

On March 20^th, Pasco EDC hosted Leadership Pasco's Business and Industry Day with tours of Zephyrhills Water, Clark Dietrich Building Systems and specialty bottler, Tampa Bay CoPack. The class learned about the manufacturing, fulfillment and distribution operations of three of Pasco's growing existing industries. The second half of the day was spent learning about the various services available to small businesses from the Pasco EDC, SMARTStart Business Incubator, Small Business Development Center and CareerSource. Local entrepreneurs gave testimonials on the day to day challenges they face while starting and running their businesses. The class finished up the day with exciting updates from Wesley Chapel Chamber President, Hope Allen and Wiregrass developer, J.D. Porter. There is no doubt that Pasco's business community is back in the driver’s seat and the engines are firing on all cylinders. Below are a few pics from the day. [gallery ids="1737,1738,1743,1740,1746,1747,1742,1741,1748,1744,1750,1739,1745,1749,1751,1752"]