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flagler county economic development

County Breaks Ground on 5,500-ft Runway at Airport to Accommodate Larger Corporate Jets

February 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The $12.1 million project will be carried out over the next 350 days at Flagler County Executive Airport. It will also create new space at the north end of the airport for more building construction.

Short-Listed For High-Tech Finance Company’s 250 Jobs, Flagler Seeks $500,000 in Incentives

January 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Flagler County government is making its most expensive pitch to attract 250 jobs, a high-tech finance company based in the Northeast and looking to expand either in Florida or Georgia.

Company Would Get $90,000 in County Subsidies to Build New Palm Coast Plant in Novel Incentive Approach

December 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Manufacturer Gioia Sales employs 42 on Palm Coast’s Hargrove Grade and would build a larger facility on Commerce Boulevard, with 10 years of subsidies from Flagler County.

Do You TALKiT? Palm Coast Venture Looks to Revolutionize Social Media With Voice App

January 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

TALKiT, a new app created by Palm Coast’s Curtis Ceballos and that will launch on Memorial Day, aims to give voice to texting and to revolutionize the social media landscape with an innovation that has no rivals as yet. The venture is catching the attention of Flagler County’s economic development department.

Unearned Audacity: On Economic Development, Flagler Tells Voters to Drop Dead

October 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

State law requires Flagler County to ask voters permission in a referendum, every 10 years, to give new companies tax subsidies. The Flagler County Commission wants to trash that law and let a supermajority of four commissioners make the decision for voters instead. It’s the latest example of a commission more enamored of its power than in tune with voters.

Taking Competition Seriously, FPC Focuses Its Own Promotional Video on Economic Impact

October 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

An eight-minute promotional and marketing video about Flagler Palm Coast High School, produced by students, reflects the intense competition even public schools now face to stay relevant, and is catching the eye of economic development officials, who see it as a means of broadening the county’s story and potential to prospective residents and businesses.

Flagler County Buys 276 Minutes on Electronic Billboard Near Times Square, for $15,000

October 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The 10-second spot will run once an hour, 18 times a day, through Jan. 2, on a billboard on 42nd Street, four and a half blocks south of Times Square, and is paid for half by the county’s tourism bed tax and half by the general fund, through the economic development department.

Flagler Spirits: Nothing Micro About This Palm Coast Distillery’s Whiskey Rebellion

April 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Jimmy Day’s Flagler Spirits micro-distillery in Palm Coast is part of the nation’s boom in a niche industry that develops specialty regional products, like Day’s whiskeys, vodkas and rums. He’s producing and marketing 1,000 gallons a month from his Hargrove Grade plant.

Greg Rawls, Long-Time Face of Economic Development in Flagler, Opts For a New Tribe

September 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Greg Rawls had been Enterprise Flagler’s executive director since 2007 before Palm Coast and Flagler County killed that economic development partnership, and Flagler formed its own, where Rawls worked as a manager. He’ll be working for Creek Indian Enterprises in Alabama.

Flagler Chamber and County’s Jobs Council Hosting $25-a-Plate “Unity” Lunch Aug. 17

July 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Dale Brill, president of the Florida Chamber Foundation, is the guest speaker for what the local chamber and the county are calling a “unity in the community” lunch at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn.

Bunnell and Flagler Beach Angrily Denounce Enterprise Flagler’s Secretive “Done Deal”

June 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A closed meeting restructuring Enterprise Flagler last week is unraveling into angry reactions by those left out, putting at risk half a year of economic development discussions and further miring the public-private partnership in controversy.

Flagler Unemployment at 13.8%, Lowest Since 2008; Florida’s Improves to 10.8%

May 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler County’s labor force has shrunk by 2.5 over the past 12 months, a significant drop, while the number of employed residents has fallen by 1.5 percent, suggesting that job creation isn’t yet as evident as out-migration.

Marriage Encounters: Can This Man Bring Flagler Together for $1,100 an Hour?

March 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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The consultant Flagler County hired to shepherd local governments through their political and financial obstacles related to economic development has a long record of bracing cheerleading. Dividends are less clear.

For Jobless Flagler, 3 Economic Development Plans But Little Direction or Unity

January 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

As joblessness persists in Flagler County, local governments want to increase their role in economic development, but there’s no agreement about who would lead, and how.

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