The Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce (GCAACC) announced today it has moved all operations and management to 945 W. Michigan Avenue, Suite 128. Its previous location was 619 N. DeVilliers…
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Viewpoint: Why in the HELL does Pensacola need TWO Chambers of Commerce?
By Jibril Sulaiman, president of Pay Cell Systems Hello my name is Jibril Sulaiman. I’m the 33 year old President of a local technology company, Pay Cell Systems and I’ve been an…
Figuring Out the GCAACC
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds started off his organizational meeting for the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce by asking the group’s current head to list its officers. GCAACC Chairman George Hawthorne…
GCAACC Organizational Meeting
The drama surrounding the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce will continue to unfold tonight during an organizational meeting at Pensacola City Hall. The meeting is the latest in a series hosted…
Hawthorne’s ‘Game Plan’: Work Together
George Hawthorne, executive director of the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday that his organization would not be releasing what he had referred to as a “game plan.†“Any…
Hawthorne’s ‘Game Plan’
Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce Executive Director George Hawthorne said he is not concerned with—and does not feel threatened by—the recent moves made by a city councilman to start another black…
The GCAACC and the ‘New Direction’
A faction of Pensacola’s African-American business community appears intent on creating a new minority chamber of commerce. Jackie Miles, a board member of the existing Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce, joined…
Jerralds and the GCAACC
There’s another forum on the calendar to discuss the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce. Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds has scheduled a May 9 meeting at city hall. Recently, Jerralds…
State of the Black Chamber
What is the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce? What does it do? Who does it? These were some of the questions explored during a meeting earlier this month. According to…
Hawthorne’s City Council Address
After allowing him his few minutes of public comment at the microphone, the Pensacola City Council continued to the next speaker without comment. Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce Chairman George…
Hawthorne: An Olive Branch or Baseball Bat?
He knows he’s going to speak before the Pensacola City Council tomorrow. He’s just not sure exactly what he’ll say. “I have an olive branch in my left hand, I have a…
Jerralds: Hawthorne is ‘pissing in the wind’ and ‘full of shenanigans’
Despite a request by Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce Chairman George Hawthorne, the Pensacola City Council did not address Councilman John Jerralds’ recent efforts to reassess the chamber’s purpose. “That’s…