NFEDP Director Jeff Hendry Named Eunice Sullivan Economic Development Professional of the Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tallahassee, Florida – Jeff Hendry, Director for the Florida Institute of Government at Florida State University and Executive Director of the North Florida Economic Development Partnership (NFEDP) received the distinguished Eunice Sullivan Economic Development Professional of the Year award at the Florida Economic Development Council’s 2024 Annual Conference held at the Sawgrass Marriot […]
Saint-Gobain Announces $235 Million Expansion of its Certainteed Gypsum Facility in Palatka, Florida
Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Interior Products Group, today announced plans to invest $235 million over the next two years to expand its CertainTeed gypsum manufacturing facility in Palatka, Florida, more than doubling the production capacity of the existing manufacturing plant and creating over 100 new, permanent jobs. The expansion of manufacturing […]
ClearSky Health to Build New Medical Rehabilitation Hospital in Lake City, Florida
ClearSky Health, a premier rehabilitative healthcare provider, today announced plans to build a new 36-bed medical rehabilitation hospital in Lake City, Fla. ClearSky Health brings extensive rehabilitative knowledge and experience to the area as a healthcare organization that owns and operates 10 hospitals in Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico, with six more in […]
Baker County Development Commission Announces a Public Private Partnership with Plant Agricultural Systems
BAKER COUNTY, FLORIDA (July 19, 2023) – The Baker County Development Commission announced today that a Public Private Partnership with Plant Agricultural Systems (PLANT-AS) is moving forward in Baker County, FL. On April 4, the Board of County Commissioners approved an inducement and development agreement with the company. Plant Agricultural Systems is an infrastructure service […]
Governor Ron DeSantis Awards More Than $1.9 Million to Suwannee County for Infrastructure Expansion through the Job Growth Grant Fund
LIVE OAK, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded more than $1.9 million to Suwannee County through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund. The project will support business growth of the Suwannee County Catalyst Site, a 500-acre industrial park centrally located between I-10 and U.S. 90. The funding awarded today will help Suwannee County expand water […]
Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative to Build Fiber-Optic Network, Offer Fiber-to-the-Home HighSpeed Internet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jon Little, Director of Communications386-330-5662 (office), 970-413-4112 (mobile) LIVE OAK, Fla., July 26, 2022 – Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) has announced its plan to build a 100% fiber-optic network across the co-op’s service territory. The network will be utilized by SVEC to expand its electric smart grid/self-healing capabilities which will enhance […]
FEDC 2021 Rural Deal of the Year Award to SUWANNEE COUNTY
Press Release November 5, 2021 On October 14, 2021, the Florida Economic Development Council (FEDC) awarded the prestigious Rural Deal of the Year Award for 2021. The award was presented at FEDC’s Annual Conference in Kissimmee, Florida and focused on the extraordinary work associated with securing binderholz on Suwannee County’s catalyst site in Live Oak. […]
Northeast Florida Food Service Headquarters Expands & Diversifies Vegetable Product Line
A Search For A New Food Service Headquarters Lands in Northeast Florida
Comarco Products, a long-standing leader in the food service industry, struggled with their ability to grow their operation from their headquarters in Camden, New Jersey. After years of dealing with remediation issues and burdening taxes, Comarco made the decision to relocate and ultimately settled on Palatka in Putnam County. “It was a tough decision to […]
Sustaining Dixie County’s Economy and Workforce
View the original artcile at SME.org Dixie County lost one of its largest employers in the 2007-2008 recession, a Georgia Pacific (GP) Lumber facility. The mill remained closed for over 10 years located on highly-traveled US 19 in Cross City as a sad reminder to Dixie County and surrounding counties workers of better times. In […]