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Local entrepreneurs connect through website A new website is helping Lake County entrepreneurs find resources and promote their businesses. The Florida High Tech Corridor Council has created the Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center at flvec.com. The site offers business owners access to a database of local and statewide resources, including help with licenses, business mentoring and coaching, networking, and venture capital.
FLVEC also promotes entrepreneurs by publishing profile articles about them online, complete with links to their website and social media accounts. The profiles help entrepreneurs connect with each other, leading to new opportunities. Lake County Economic Development is one of the partners in the program. “Lake County fully understands that our existing businesses are the lifeblood
of Lake County’s economy, and a thriving local economy can only be achieved if these existing businesses are allowed to prosper,” says Robert Chandler, Lake’s director of economic growth. The Corridor Council is an economic development initiative of the universities of Central Florida, South Florida, and Florida.
Straighten up, there’s a new pastor in town Congregational Church of Mount Dora, 650 N. Donnelly St., recently rang in a new pastor with pomp and circumstance. Rev. Gary Marshall was scheduled to be installed April 30 in front of congregants, ministers from local churches, a representative from the National Association of Congregational Churches, and a 40-member choir during a service followed by a social hour and refreshments. The reverend, 76, retired in 2012 as priest/rector at All Saints Anglican Church in Palatka, where he was involved in preaching, teaching, counseling, planning services, and administration. He formerly was the comptroller and an IT technician at Marshall Entertainment Insurance in Orlando. From 1975 through 1994, he taught and counseled young adults as a minister in the Diocese of Central Florida. Since 2014, Pastor Gary has volunteered as a computer software instructor at W.T. Bland Library in Mount Dora, and he conducts an online daily Bible study. He and his wife, Karen, reside in Mount Dora and serve in the community.
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