﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Florence Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.flochamber.com</link><description>News related to Florence Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Florence Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>2022 - 2023 Ambassadors 7/1/2022  - 6/30/2023 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;The Chamber&amp;rsquo;s Ambassador Committee is made up of a group of individuals from member businesses who greet new members with ribbon cutting ceremonies and grand opening celebrations. If you&amp;rsquo;d like to learn more about becoming an ambassador, simply contact the Chamber at (843) 665-0515.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2315</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:18:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2022 - 2023 Website Advertising 7/1/2022  - 6/30/2023 </title><description /><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3327</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:29:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2022 - 2023 Business After Hours 7/1/2022  - 6/30/2023 </title><description /><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3324</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:09:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2022 - 2023 Leadership Florence 8/1/2022  - 5/31/2023 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Leadership Florence is a comprehensive nine-month program designed to identify, cultivate and motivate new leadership for the Greater Florence Area.&amp;nbsp; Participants will&amp;nbsp;increase their knowledge of the Greater Florence area, and enhance their involvement in community activities while further developing their leadership skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ATTENDANCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The program begins with a Meet &amp;amp; Greet in August and ends with graduation in June 2023.&amp;nbsp; Sessions are one full day per month.&lt;br /&gt;
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You are also required to attend the half day Building Bridges Diversity Session&amp;nbsp;and one City/County Council Meeting. The Leadership Class will complete a class project during the program, in which the proceeds will be donated to chosen charities. Recent projects are Downtown Gala, Find Me Downtown , Disco Ball and Kickball for a Cause.&lt;br /&gt;
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Participants may not miss more than two days of class to graduate.&amp;nbsp; Attendance at all sessions is expected.&amp;nbsp; The Opening Retreat, Team Building Exercise and State Government are mandatory sessions.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TUITION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
$1295 for members and $1695 for non-members. A $325 deposit must accompany this completed application. The tuition balance is due before Tueday, September 6, 2022. The Leadership Committee reserves the right to deny the participant eligibility for graduation for failure to attend scheduled sessions or non-payment of full tuition.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.flochamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Application-2022-23.pdf"&gt;Click here to print the PDF application.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=2319</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:53:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2023 Young Professionals 1/1/2023  - 12/31/2023 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;The mission of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Young Professionals of Florence &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;group&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;is to mobilize the young professionals of Florence to support and enhance leadership, civic responsibility and business growth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Simply put, we&amp;rsquo;re here for you. We hope that as this organization continues to grow, that it will be able to provide an increasing array of business and social services to all area young professionals looking for a network to help them reach out to the community.&lt;br /&gt;
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Membership Fee:&amp;nbsp; $40 per year - Membership Runs January - December 2023&lt;br /&gt;
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If you would like to download the application, &lt;a href="https://www.flochamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/YP-Application-2023.pdf"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3331</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:09:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small Business Week Lunch &amp; Learn 5/2/2023 11:00 AM - 5/2/2023 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background:white"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;Join the Florence Chamber, First Bank and the South Carolina Department of Commerce for an opportunity to network and obtain valuable resources of information for maintaining, growing and developing your business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:107%"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:107%"&gt;Keynote Speaker: Sonja Barkley, Manager of Small Business at SC Department of Commerce&lt;br /&gt;
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Topic:&amp;nbsp; The State of Small &amp;amp; Minority Business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:107%"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:107%"&gt;Presentation: Business Banking Services by First Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3335</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:25:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2023 Spring Golf Classic 5/4/2023 11:00 AM - 5/4/2023 6:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Join us for a day of golf at the Florence Chamber of Commerce&amp;#39;s Spring Golf Classic on Thursday, May 4th&amp;nbsp;at the Traces Golf Club.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lunch will be catered by Pee Dee Catering and begins at 11:00 a.m.; tee off at 12:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;
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All participating golfers will be registered to take part in a $25,000 cash shootout.&amp;nbsp; 4 lucky players will be randomly chosen prior to tee off!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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To print the registration form, &lt;a href="https://www.flochamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Spring-team-sponsorships.pdf"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.florencescchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=3330</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 08:56:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>