Congratulations Navy Federal Credit Union! Not only are they Escambia County’s leading employer with over 8,500 employees but, they have also been recently recognized as one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work!
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In celebration of National Manufacturing Month, Co:lab welcomed the University of West Florida’s Haas Center to Taco Thursday to show us how their Sea3D lab can benefit entrepreneurs. The University of West Florida recently announced the expansion of the UWF Haas Center in its mission to support communities with market research, workforce development and industrial … Read more
CareerSource Escarosa will partner with ST Engineering Aerospace to host a hiring event on Thursday, August 15, from 9 am to 12 pm at CareerSource Escarosa, 3670 North L Street Pensacola, FL 32505. This no-cost event is open to the public. Job-seekers will have the opportunity to network with VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering employers seeking … Read more
MSN recently included Pensacola in its Top 25 Most Desirable Places to Live in the U.S. in it’s 2019 list. Among the factors contributing to the rankings were affordability, job market and population growth due to net migration.
Congratulations Navy Federal Credit Union! Not only are they Escambia County’s leading employer with over 7,700 employees but they have also been recently recognized by ComputerWorld as the #8 Best Place to Work in IT! This comes just after being recognized as one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For the 9th time … Read more
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance serves as the marketing arm for economic development on behalf of the PEDC, the city and the county. Its responsibilities also include running and managing a business incubator, Co:Lab, which is housed in downtown Pensacola in a building owned by Pensacola State College. That is, FloridaWest is involved in “growing our … Read more
ST Engineering Aerospace and Co:Lab are featured in the Escambia County Business Journal Read Now
The 2019 SkillsUSA Florida State Leadership and Skills Conference and the 9th Annual Worlds of Possibilities Career Expo was a huge success! The Worlds of Possibilities Career Expo featured more than 60 vendors from business and industry, and it was toured by over 2500 middle and high school students from our Escambia and Santa Rosa … Read more
Florida West Economic Development Alliance received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award for its “The Bluffs”, a project in the category of Video/Multimedia Promotion from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The honor was presented at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 2, during the IEDC Annual Conference, which was held September 29 – … Read more
Did you know, this is Economic Development Week? Scott Luth with FloridaWest joins The Quinlan Report to share details on progress being made to bring more jobs and higher wages to Northwest Florida.