Partners and Affiliates

CLM Workforce Connection is the local, business-led organization that plans and coordinates quality employment and training services for businesses and individual career seekers in Citrus, Levy and Marion Counties of Florida.

The purpose of the Heart of Florida Regional Coalition is to promote regional collaboration among Alachua, Marion and contiguous counties. The primary focus of the Coalition is to focus on regional matters relating to economic development, infra-structure, coordination/development of legislative agendas, and through cooperative efforts, to strengthen the region overall.

The Ocala/Marion County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) was established in 1954 under the name of the Committee of 100 to promote economic vitality. Working with local governments and corporate partners, it provides the primary economic development initiatives for Ocala and Marion County.

The Public Policy Institute is built on the traditional democratic principle that citizen involvement and participation is fundamental to a healthy community. It is the concerned citizens of Marion County who can best solve the problems we face.

Accredited in 1974, the Ocala/Marion County Chamber of Commerce is one of only 5% of Chambers of Commerce nationwide that has been recognized for excellence by the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Dex One delivers a broad range of products and services to help local businesses grow - from identifying target audiences and developing messaging, to optimizing marketing programs and leveraging appropriate products such as online and mobile search solutions, print yellow pages directories, voice based search platforms, and one of the largest pay-per-click ad networks in the U.S.

The Talking Phone Book is a corporate sponsor of College of Central Florida providing several pages of pertinent information about the college in their annual telephone directory serving the CF district.  The history of the college, degree offerings, a map of the Ocala campus, scholarship information and other details about the college are provided in an attractive and informative format for the general public at no cost to the college.  This link is in exchange for their generous support of CF.

The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit conservation and education organization. Its mission: “We inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees.” The College of Central Florida has been designated a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for striving to engage its student body and the broader community to establish and sustain healthy community forests for the benefit of current and future residents. Founded in 1972, the centennial of the first Arbor Day observance in the 19th century, the Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, with more than one million members, supporters and valued partners.