Уезд Санта-Роса представит свои промышленные парки на авиасалоне в Лондоне для привлечения международных инвестиций

Santa Rosa County pitches itself to global companies at Airshow London SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Santa Rosa County is working to attract international commerce at Airshow London. Over the past five years, the county has been able to land clients like Leonardo Helicopters after attending the show. Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree says it gives them the chance to chat with company executives to let them know what Santa Rosa County has to offer. This year, he says they were "courting" companies involved in aviation defense. "Some may be DoD related, some may be just be pure aviation," Ogletree said. "That is really the target there for the companies for the trade show. It's really too soon to tell at the moment, because these companies are investing millions and millions, tens of millions of dollars into a community. They want to make sure they get it right." Since 2016, Santa Rosa County has landed 124 defense contracts valued at more than $46 million. Ogletree says that five or six prospective clients could come out of this years' airshow. "In three days, four days, I'm meeting with three different companies from three different countries," he said. Some of the selling points -- the county's five industrial parks. These properties give companies not only space, but at Whiting Aviation Park, there is access to a runway. At the industrial park off of Interstate 10, tenants say the space gives them room to grow. Joseph Manning is the president and CEO of Damian's Wholesale Ice Cream and also in partnership with ATL Cold Storage. "Their intent was for us to bring jobs to the community, and jobs that are higher than the average wage rate available in the area," Manning says. "And they wanted to bring commerce, so there's a ripple effect when we show up here. We source a lot of the stuff we use here locally." "Since my first conversation with Shannon, we've added 22 jobs in Northwest Florida and most are here in Santa Rosa County," he added.