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The
Economic Development Council
of Okaloosa County, Florida
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
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Primary
Objectives
Primary
Target Industries
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:
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Diversification of Okaloosa County’s economy, supporting
multiple industry clusters.
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Partnering with government to minimize the burden on the
local infrastructure while maximizing on the competitive
economic strengths that are available throughout the county.
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Promoting the retention and growth of our
military resources.
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Establishing a stronger investment market though an
increased export of wealth producing goods and services.
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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.
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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
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World-class interactive
Website.
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Quarterly newsletter,
The Voice of Progress.
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Participation with local
civic, governmental, and commercial organizations
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Collaboration
with local, regional,
and state economic development partners.
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Monthly interview
broadcast,
The Vision of Progress.
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Multimedia marketing
materials.
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Monthly
TeCMEN Times
newsletter.
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Target industry trade
events.
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Okaloosa Regional Air
Terminal lobby kiosk.
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Quarterly networking
symposiums.
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