Ted Corcoran: $520,000 addresses your No. 1 strategic plan. If you have another plan, we would love to hear it, but the community feels that this is it.
Perhaps it was holiday spirit, or maybe just looking to end a bad year on a good note.
Something sure had the Triumph Gulf Coast board in a giving mood Thursday, as its membership voted to hand out almost $18 million in new grant awards.
Four grants were provided or agreed to in principle that will help fund projects in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Bay and Walton counties. Each of these programs will bring either or both new high-paying jobs and certified workforce training, a news release from Triumph said.
Santa Rosa County
The largest actual grant award $6 million went to the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners for infrastructure improvements at Santa Rosa Industrial Park East.
HOLT Officials at Certified Manufacturing Inc. say the company’s recent achievement of complying with new stringent cyber security requirements puts it in an even stronger economic position heading into 2021.
The small electronics manufacturing company opened in 1998 and is led by its owner and president, Pamela Bechtold, and her husband, CMI Vice President Bob Bechtold.
The company specializes in the manufacture and test of cables, wire harnesses and circuit cards, parts procurement and other services for defense, aerospace, civilian and Homeland Security agencies.
Michelle Rasbeck, CMI’s director of administration/contracts, said Tuesday that the Department of Defense recently created a mandatory requirement for all companies that want to continue to conduct business with the DoD to comply with very high-level cyber security requirements.