• Good Business Pinellas TV and radio shows;
• Tips, Trends and Technology business newsletter offering fast fact and news;
• County-wide Business and Entertainment Events Calendar with information contributed by Pinellas County Chambers of Commerce.  The chambers input their own activity schedules.

World-wide, businesses took to Pinellas County Economic Development's website www.siliconbay.org, with 3,600 visits in March, 4,836 visits in April, and in May, more than 3,800 paid a visit to the site, which features a GIS Site Assistant, statistics and forms, a networking directory (with product search), demographics and trends information, business facts, incentive information, and realocation services.  For information, contact (727)464-7342.

Watch your mail for the 2002 Business Assistance Survey, Pinellas County Economic Development's biennial questionnaire, which will  be mailed to 10,000 businesses by July 1.  The survey is designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of county businesses, identify needed programs and key trends in education and job training, transportation, recreation, entertainment, tourism, quality of life, and business performance.  Completed forms are requested to be returned by Wednesday, July 31.
For information, contact (727)464-7332.

Reminder to businesses:  Please list job openings with WorkNet Pinellas, an agency that will help fill your positions with skilled employees at no charge.  WorkNet is a countywide workforce assistance program sponsored by Pinellas County.  For information, contact (727)524-4344, ext. 3030. Needed:  Summer job opportunities for youth.  To learn more about this program, (727)893-1255, ext. 1052.

Tampa Bay ranks number eight in the top ten in-migration sites in the nation, and is the highest ranking site in Florida for employment growth, for the year 2001, according to the top demographic research website in the nation, The Dismal Scientist, from Economy.com.  For information, contact (727)464-7344.

E-mail inquiries to info@siliconbay.org