JACKSONVILLE — While I safely watched the GOP debate on Thursday evening (Jan. 26) in my living room, the University of North Florida hosted it in their auditorium. Most of the 1,200 tickets went to members of the Republican Party of Florida, a debate co-sponsor. Simultaneously, the Hispanic Leadership Network (HLN), a debate co-sponsor, kicked off its “Inspiring [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Herb Peyton announced his retirement as president of Jacksonville-based Gate Petroleum Corp. on Jan. 3rd, and will remain with the company as chairman. His son, former Mayor John Peyton, has taken over as president. During his eight-year tenure as mayor (2003 – 2011), Peyton was strong on economic development - 81 companies relocated to Jacksonville or [...] [...more]
Jan. 3, 2012 Update — The U.S. Dept. of Defense announced on Friday afternoon, Dec. 30th, that it had awarded a $355 million contract to Sierra Nevada Corp. As part of the contract, Embraer will assemble its Super Tucano plane at Jacksonville International Airport. JACKSONVILLE (UPDATE) – The U.S. Air Force contract to be awarded to Embraer Corp. at the beginning [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — The Sun Times (Owen, Ontario) reported from Toronto on Wednesday that the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Shahid Khan on Tuesday “resurrected rumblings” of a potential move by the franchise to Toronto. “But both Wayne Weaver and Kahn released statements Tuesday saying the club would stay in Jacksonville”. I had not heard [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Time flies. All of a sudden it’s Thanksgiving this Thursday. I’d forgotten to mention the 2011 Jacksonville Light Parade on the St. Johns was cancelled on Oct. 19th due to city budget cuts. Fortunately, the parade was back on by Nov. 7th because of a public-private partnership with Jacksonville Marine Association and local supporters. [...] [...more]
JaxPort announced its application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for $25 million from the (TIGER) for the construction of a $45 million Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at the Dames Point Marine Terminal [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — The goal of CSX’s inaugural three-day BioEnergy Summit was to start a dialogue among “leaders in the green energy sphere”. As hosts of the Sept. 28 – Sept. 30 summit, CSX BioEnergy stressed the opportunities available through CSX’s rail system for transporting biomass for energy production. Participant list: BioEnergy advances at CSX Biomass commodities include recovered wood and [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — CSX Corp. said about itself, “Environmental stewardship is a top priority throughout CSX’s operations and management.” Or rather it said so in a Sept. 20th press release announcing the company had received the highest score for an industrial company in Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) 2010 Standard & Poor 500 Report. CSX was among five industrial [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — On the heels of the Cecil Advances (but not necessarily because of it), JaxPort conducted an all-day Foreign Trade Zone workshop at the University of North Florida on Aug. 23rd. I was unable to attend but Debby Lofberg [JaxPort's director of marketing service and FTZ #64], kindly forwarded the link to PowerPoint presentations of ”some of [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – A delegation of Northeast Florida business-development leaders recently met with 20 or so companies considering the area for business operations at the International Paris Air Show. All regions of Florida participate in the annual aeronautics ritual – the Paris and Farnborough airshows are alternating biennial global marketing events. A selling point for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida [...] [...more]
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