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 families for careers in advanced manufacturing through LIFT’s Operation Next initiative. The program has recently expanded to serve veterans as … Read more

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 Legislature to promote economic development interests, such as growing small businesses, supporting existing companies, and attracting … Read more

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.

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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 to the event, find a job and meet people from organizations that can help … Read more

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 a grant through the Industry Resilience and Diversification Fund (IRDF). This grant, made possible by a collaboration between FloridaWest and UWF, will allow Paradigm … Read more

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 and community stakeholders. Economic development expert and VisionFirst Advisors’ President & CEO Gray Swoope will … Read more

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 technology assets per year. Read more here.  

Economist John List recently spoke at CivicCon and asked FloridaWest’s CEO Scott Luth to speak about Agglomeration. “Pensacola is unique in its Cyber Security strategy,” said Luth. “We’re building it off of what’s going on at Corry Field. We’re one of the few communities that are actually monitoring .gov agencies 24-7 – we have an … Read more