Nice article about a tech related start-up company that has chosen to stay in West Palm Beach and work out of the historic Comeau Building. That building was built during the 1920s boom period and survived the 1928 hurricane, as historic pictures can attest. I pulled this quote because it is all too easy to forget that Palm Beach County has a great deal to offer over the cold and gray northeast and northwest part of our country. Click title for link.
On the business end, not a lot of the Arrow’s clients are local. So having a funky, urban location is a draw for customers to visit Arrow offices, instead of Morgan constantly having to be on airplanes to Chicago, Boston or San Francisco.Click here for a link to the company's website. Interesting also that transit is so important to recruiting.
Morgan says that customers conclude that if they pick Arrow for a job, “They have an opportunity to (come to) West Palm Beach every couple of months. It’s actually helped us get a couple of clients,” he said.On the recruitment side, West Palm Beach is no Silicon Valley. But the company found that moving downtown made it easier for employees in Miami or Fort Lauderdale to hop on Tri-Rail and work at the company offices: “The train has been huge in our recruiting efforts,” he said. “It gives us the ability to cast a wider net.”
![Dr. W. H. Cotton’s ode: “Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!” [circa 1920].](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUL75cv6zJQFjX15ojOIIz9AjnbqH4asHJTYSDhnGnYr7rJZRha1NcNTirj2xPcId158vkz5Hw-wXgOfrlztj8Zr8jLFFCfuEN6PyV44ZlpMRmJ68xbtFL9vzxNiG7xDs_HJvm/s1600/LakeWorthPioneers.JPG)
