Florida's Great Northwest |
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16 counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Bay, Jackson, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Franklin Target Industries: Aerospace and Defense (BRAC growth), Construction (housing needs), Health Care |
Florida's Great Northwest WIRED Initiative focuses on creating high wage, high skill jobs in Aerospace and Defense, Life Sciences, Information Technology and Electronics Engineering and Construction Services. Florida's Great Northwest has developed a governance council and industry council for each of the targeted industries. Each council incorporates membership from the regional partners, including businesses, which represent at least 50 percent of the councils' membership. Florida's Great Northwest WIRED strategy includes:
The initiative is primarily established as a performance-based grant program that requires a 100 percent match. Incorporated into the initiative are guidelines that enhance the long-term sustainability of the program, establish a minimum wage and benefit structure for which job creation assistance will be provided, and incorporate the workforce investment boards and their associated one-stop workforce development centers into the initiative governance and program delivery. |
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