Welcome to the Westside Business Leaders Association!

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Meeting Notice

Be sure to attend the first meeting of 2009 this Thursday, January 8. Bob Simpson from Jacksonville Aviation Authority will be speaking.

Join us and help some young person pursue their dreams with education!

Web site redesign

We are currently redesiging our site, please bear with us as we make changes and transfers. Some pages may not work in the interim. Thank you.

Mission

The 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:

• Encouraging members to do business with each other on the Westside
• Improving the public image of business and businesspeople
• Assisting each other in solving business problems
• Working to help improve schools, streets and public safety
• Assisting proposed legislation that abets a good business climate, as well as discouraging harmful legislation

The main idea is that the Westside of Jacksonville is a good place to live, and it’s getting a lot better all of the time. 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 fourteen $750 scholarships each year to encourage borderline high school students to go to college. We have several members who are educators and the WBLA unanimously agrees that we must make sure that our youth are as educated as possible in the society we have today. It’s the best survival tool a person can have.

From the President

The Westside Business Leaders has been promoting growth and community involvement for over 30 years. Not only do we provide scholarships for high school students, but we support many charitiable organizations. The members involved with the WBLA are dedicated, hard working individuals who truly care about the Westside community.

It would be a pleasure to have you attend one of our monthly meetings to get a flavor for what we are trying to accomplish. We meet on the second Thursday of each month at the Holiday Inn Commonwealth at noon. We network and offer a wide variety of speakers to assist businesses in learning about issues which directly affect them.

It is my pleasure to serve as the 2008 President and I would be happy to answer any questions you have about our Club.

I hope you find the website informative and helpful.

Les Spicer