EDC to promote sports performance industry with Netherlands

The initiative will include hosting a business delegation and soccer team in Manatee County in April 2021.

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  • | 5:22 p.m. October 26, 2020
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File. “This is an exciting step forward in our work to promote the Bradenton area’s sports performance industry and assets,” says Sharon Hillstrom, EDC president and CEO, in a statement.
File. “This is an exciting step forward in our work to promote the Bradenton area’s sports performance industry and assets,” says Sharon Hillstrom, EDC president and CEO, in a statement.
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BRADENTON — The Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. has signed an agreement with Orange Sports Forum Foundation, the national body for sports and sports business development in The Netherlands, to host a business delegation and soccer team in Manatee County in April 2021.

More than a dozen sports-related businesses from The Netherlands are expected to participate, according to a press release. IMG Academy will provide training and competition venues and services for the visiting soccer team.

 

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