Florida's Great Northwest Press Releases

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July 10	New Study On Innovation In Florida Identifies Opportunities For Economic Diversification Florida’s Great Northwest, along with a group of 18 other partners, including state, regional and local economic development organizations from across Florida, have released “Florida’s Innovation Benchmark Study,” an in-depth review of the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities associated with Florida’s efforts to build an innovation-based economy.
May 29	Florida’s Great Northwest Awards GE Energy $120k Grant In support of GE Energy’s employment expansion, Florida’s Great Northwest, Inc. has awarded the Pensacola GE Energy manufacturing facility an employee skills training grant of $120,000.
May 21	Florida’s Great Northwest Announces SBIR/STTR Phase 1.5 Program Award To A Northwest Florida Company Florida’s Great Northwest announced the addition of a new small business assistance activity, its Phase 1.5 SBIR/STTR program.
May 19	Florida’s Great Northwest Receives State Grant for International Program Florida’s Great Northwest (FGNW) has been awarded a $150,000 state grant through the Florida International Business Expansion Initiative by Enterprise Florida, Inc.
May 15	Florida’s Great Northwest Announces Support For Northrop Grumman/EADS Contract Florida’s Great Northwest is pleased to support the Northrop Grumman–EADS contract recently awarded for the assembly of next-generation aerial refueling tankers. The Mobile assembly location as selected by Northrop Grumman and its partner EADS represents a tremendous economic boost that extends well beyond Mobile and its surrounding counties.
May 6	Florida’s Great Northwest Releases Results Of Alternative Energy And Fuels Feasibility Study Florida’s Great Northwest includes renewable energy as a targeted industry for business development opportunities in Northwest Florida.
May 5	Florida’s Great Northwest Announces Support For Panama City To Montgomery Toll Way Florida’s Great Northwest has endorsed the proposed Panama City, Florida, to Montgomery, Alabama, toll way.
May 1	Florida’s Great Northwest Awards Grant to Opportunity Florida to Market Innovative Website Florida’s Great Northwest, Inc. has awarded Opportunity Florida a grant to promote Opportunity Florida’s newly developed MyFloridaMilitary.com website in the Northwest Florida region and throughout the country.
Apr 8	Florida’s Great Northwest Awards Five Secondary Education Grants Florida’s Great Northwest announced the award of $575,244 in Secondary Education Career Academy Creation grants across Northwest Florida.
Mar 2	Florida’s Great Northwest Unveils Target Industry Analysis Aviation, health sciences, renewable energy and transportation are the four major development areas.
Feb 22	Florida’s Great Northwest Offers Employee Skills Training Grants Florida’s Great Northwest announced the availability of $2.75 million in grant funding to support training expenses for newly-created high skill, high wage positions in Northwest Florida.
Jan 28	Florida’s Great Northwest Receives USDA Rural Community Development Grant Award Florida’s Great Northwest was awarded a $234,643 U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) grant.

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