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NewsMeeting NoticeOur next meeting is Thursday, March 11, 2010. The speaker will be Jaguars tight end Earnest Wilford. Lunch price has changed from $10 to $11. Dollars for Scholars FundraiserWBLA extends a very special thank you to all of our participants of the Dollars for Scholars Program this year. We appreciate your support of this program through the purchase of a ticket, which will support our scholarship program. We also want to thank our sponsoring groups and club members who sold tickets. The drawing was held at the Edgewood Bakery on Saturday, Dec. 12th at 6:00 pm. The winners were: First Place - $500 - Matthew Watling Second Place - $300 - Dylan Rountree Third Place - $200 - Nick LeBlanc Again, thanks to everyone who supported this program and we hope you will support us again next year! Join us and help some young person pursue their dreams with education!MissionThe Westside Business Leaders Association is both a community service organization and a place to help you build your business through networking, presenting informative speakers, sharing and encouragement among members. Our motto is “The Club with a Vision.” However, there are many important themes within our organization. We also believe in “Giving to the Community – Building for the Future” and making the Westside a better place to live and work by:
The main idea is that the Westside of Jacksonville is a good place to live, and it’s getting better every day. People and businesses are moving to the Westside in droves, and we want to keep the quality of our community high as the growth continues. The WBLA is here to help Jacksonville's Westside get the best results possible.We want a higher quality of life for our residents, and we want to make our area businesses successful. Our most important initiatives, however are focused on education. We give several scholarships each year to encourage borderline high school students to go to college. Several of our members are educators and the WBLA unanimously agrees that we must make sure that our youth are as educated as possible in today's world. It’s the best survival tool a person can have. |
From our PresidentTo Current and Future Members, As small business owners in Murray Hill, my wife Sandy and I fully understand the need to belong to an organization such as the Westside Business Leaders Association (WBLA). As 2010 president of the WBLA, I want to take this opportunity to invite other business owners and managers to visit our meetings and take advantage of our 32 years of promoting our businesses, getting to know others in the community, getting feedback from city and state leadership on timely topics and most importantly, doing everything we can to encourage our future community leaders by providing scholarships to Jacksonville high school seniors. The task of making “Westside the Best Side" is before us. We need participating current and new members. Membership is our focus for 2010. Be part of something special - Join WBLA. My goal is to contact the business community and form Westside Business Leaders committees to gather information, monitor state and city growth decisions and make sure growth is sensible, local and in tune with our desires and needs for a better Westside as we move further into the 21st century. The Westside Business Leaders Association meets at noon on the second Thursday of each month at the Holiday Inn on Commonwealth Ave. You are cordially invited to attend, to join and to help mold the 21st century unfolding on the Westside. - Gary W. Polletta |
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