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Local And State Officials Celebrate Groundbreaking Of Project Titan


The $210 million project will bring an additional 1,300 jobs to Pensacola.
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Project Titan broke ground Thursday morning in front of ST Engineering.
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Mayor Grover Robinson and Jeffrey Lam, President of Commercial Aerospace, ST Engineering.
Local and state officials gathered Thursday morning to celebrate the groundbreaking of Project Titan a $210 million development project from ST Engineering that is expected to bring 1,300 jobs to Pensacola.
“This is not just a great day for Pensacola, this is a great day for Escambia County and Northwest Florida,” Mayor Grover Robinson said at the groundbreaking ceremony.
Thursday’s event is the result of collaboration across government lines from city and county to state to find the funding. Stakeholders such as Pensacola International Airport Director Matthew Coughlin, Florida Secretary of Commerce Jamal Sowell, and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Kevin Thibault spoke at the ceremony.

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