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Article: ALENIA NORTH AMERICA SIGNS COMMITMENT TO BUILD ASSEMBLY HUB AT JACKSONVILLE'S CECIL COMMERCE CENTER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 16, 2008
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Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla., has issued the following news release:
Governor Charlie Crist today witnessed the official signing of an agreement between Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton and executives from Alenia North America. In the agreement, Alenia North America committed to build a final assembly and delivery center for the C-27J Spartan cargo plane at Cecil Commerce Center.
The project received $1.9 million in state incentives, as well as economic incentives from the city and the Jacksonville Airport Authority (JAA). These combined incentives were vital to the site location decision-making process by helping to offset the costs of locating in Jacksonville and ensuring that the city was ...