Alachua County Emerging Leaders is a 501(c)3 non-profit formed in 2007 with the mission of keeping young professionals connected, informed and involved in our community. Our members are typically mid-career and may have moved here in the past 18 months. They are well-informed consumers with good taste and disposible income looking to discover the best places to spend their hard-earned dollars. 

We understand your challenge because we face it too in trying to keep our membership numbers up: just when you have a loyal customer, they up and leave town. And it’s difficult to keep spending marketing dollars trying to convince and convert new customers who just arrived from out of town. 

Our solution is our member rewards program: Often one of the first things someone who just came here for a new job looks for is a young professionals organization like ACEL to meet new people and get involved in their new community. Joining our discount program is free, and puts you in front of the hundreds of new members we receive each year who are looking to support local businesses like yours. 

For us, we get to give added value to our paid members, whose dues support our efforts, which includes hundreds of hours of community service, thousands of dollars raised, dozens of social events and advocating for public policy that benefits us all. Please fill out the form below to submit your discount. We will let you know when it’s live. Thank you in advance for your support!