The Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce has had its ups and downs in recent years, with declining membership and a lot of staff turnover.
Don't believe us? Ask the man who's running the place now.
"We're changing the way we do business. We weren't doing a very good job of getting information out," said Bob Clifford, who's been the chamber's president since April.
Clifford, a longtime Clearwater bank executive, is on a mission to revitalize Pinellas County's second-largest chamber of commerce.
The effort involves a new team of staffers, a new headquarters, a revamped Web site and more Hispanic outreach. It involves initiatives like spearheading a new downtown convention center and suggesting tweaks to Clearwater's strict rules governing business signs.
It also means looking for new strategies to carry out the chamber's core job of fostering business opportunities. To Clifford, that means offering seminars and tools that will really be useful to businesses struggling through a recession.
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