FloridaWest’s CO:LAB making comeback after COVID, Hurricane Sally
CO:LAB, an entrepreneurial development center created by a partnership between FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance and Pensacola State College, is roaring back to life after being put on pause by the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Sally. In January of 2020,...
Pensacola State College Partners with LIFT, Operation Next to Train Transitioning Soldiers, Military Spouses and Veterans for Careers in Advanced Manufacturing
Pensacola, Fla. – LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, and Pensacola State College have announced a partnership to provide free training to transitioning service members, National Guard, Army Reserves, and their...
Pensacola City Council members Bare and Patton appointed to PEDC
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance is pleased to welcome new Pensacola City Council members Allison Patton and Charles Bare to PEDC, the Pensacola-Escambia Promotion & Development Commission. The PEDC is established by a special act of the State of Florida...
Pensacola named in Forbes’ Top 10 places to live in Florida
Forbes Magazine named Pensacola a Top 10 place to live in Florida! Of course, we already knew that but we want everyone to know! Read More Here.
The world’s largest kids’ coding franchise, Code Ninjas, is opening its first Pensacola location
Pensacola is building a talent pipeline for your business. Read on to see how! Code Ninjas prepares Pensacola kids to code apps for Apple and Google...
CareerSource Escarosa Job Fair
This career fair is geared to all employers, service providers, veterans service, educational providers, and military recruiters. This will be CareerSource Escarosa’s largest event of the year with the more than 100 tables. The vision is for job seekers to come...
Paradigm Parachute & Defense to double Pensacola operations
Pensacola, Fla. (Oct. 27, 2022) – FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance announced that Paradigm Parachute & Defense, a disabled-veteran-owned small business, is expanding their manufacturing operations in Pensacola. The military parachute manufacturer received...
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance hits multi-year strategic plan goals and launches new 5-year strategic plan
Pensacola, Fla. (Oct. 19, 2022) –FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance’s current multi-year strategic plan has come to an end and the organization is launching a new 5-year plan in partnership with PEDC, Escambia County, The City of Pensacola, and other partners...
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance is seeking a volunteer for appointment as Designated Director to the FloridaWest EDA Board of Directors.
The FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance was created in October 2014 when economic development was separated and moved out from under the present-day Greater Pensacola Chamber. FloridaWest EDA operates as a publicly/privately-funded organization, observing all...Former Call Center being converted into high security refurbishment center for technology assets
Advanced Technology Recycling (ATR), recycler-refurbisher of high-tech equipment, announced it is converting a call center in Pensacola, Florida to a state-of-the-art testing and repair production line facility capable of refurbishing and reselling millions of...
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