The EDC is a non-profit private-public partnership serving as Okaloosa County's primary economic development and business advocacy organization.

Mission Statement

      Support a quality-of-life community that reflects leading technology diversification, superior lifestyle, and boundless opportunity through existing industry retention and expansion, workforce development, and expansion of key industry clusters.

The EDC of Okaloosa County works with start-up, expanding, and relocating businesses to help them with site location, financing coordination, state and federal incentive program applications, and business community awareness.

Economic development is an investment;
the payoff is in the future!

 Primary Objectives

• Retain, expand and diversify the existing economic base.

• Promote technology-based economic development.

• Promote retention of military resources in Okaloosa County

• Enhance community awareness of EDC programs and services.

• Collaborate with educational institutions to ensure a highly skilled and diversified work force.

 Primary Target Industries

• Advanced Technology

• Aviation and Aerospace

• Bio-medical Technology

• Electronics Design, Manufacturing and Communication

• Engineering Services

• Machining and Metal Fabrication

Elements of Strategy

The EDC’s vision embraces a vibrant and diverse economy for both urban and rural components of the county.  The strategy includes: 

• Diversification of Okaloosa County’s economy, supporting multiple industry clusters.

• Partnering with government to minimize the burden on the local infrastructure while maximizing on the competitive economic strengths that are available throughout the county.

• Promoting the retention and growth of our military resources.

• Establishing a stronger investment market though an increased export of wealth producing goods and services.

• Integrating all available assets, including workforce, education, quality of life and infrastructure into a working model that supports the growth and diversification of our economy.

• Marketing and promoting quality developments that 1) ensures competitive growth without sacrificing the continual growth and development of our existing technical base, 2) provides the development of high wage/high skill jobs and increases the per capita income for the residents of Okaloosa County, and 3)  minimizes the burden on our existing infrastructure while maintaining the high quality of life that is provided to all citizens of Okaloosa County.

This strategy incorporates the EDC’s basic principals of quality growth, retention and expansion of existing industry, and attraction of new industry and entrepreneurship.

Awareness Communication Vehicles

• World-class interactive Website.

• Quarterly newsletter, The Voice of Progress.

• Participation with local civic, governmental, and commercial organizations

• Collaboration with local, regional, and state economic development partners.

• Monthly interview broadcast, The Vision of Growth.

• Multimedia marketing materials.

• Monthly TeCMEN Times newsletter.

• Target industry trade events.

• Okaloosa Regional Air Terminal lobby kiosk.

• Quarterly networking symposiums.

A listing of Okaloosa County businesses
may be viewed on the EDC membership page.