Delaney & 4 Economic Projects for Jacksonville

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I know this information in today article by Karen Mathis will be of interest to the readers of Metrojacksonville.

From the Daily Record:

University of North Florida President John Delaney, the 2013 chair of the JAXUSA Partnership, told about 500 JAX Chamber members Tuesday that four economic-development projects would be presented this month to City Council.

Soon after Delaney's lunchtime remarks at the quarterly meeting at the Hyatt Downtown, Council was presented a deal for Corys Thunder Inc., which was code-named "Project Fission." The legislation was filed soon before the 5 p.m. Council meeting.

The Daily Record was told after the JAXUSA event by a source that a second project was expected, although no other economic-development legislation was filed Tuesday afternoon.

That project was described in general terms as an IT-financial services expansion of a company with a local presence that would involve at least 200 jobs.

JAXUSA Partnership is the economic-development division of the JAX Chamber.

Corys Thunder is based in St. Marys, Ga., and wants to move its headquarters and 31 jobs to the Jacksonville International Tradeport in North Jacksonville. It would create four more jobs by Dec. 31, 2015.

Corys Thunder makes training simulators for nuclear power plants and the average workforce wage was listed as $107,133, plus benefits of $16,000.00

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