March 28, 2024

Economic yearbook 2010

Northwest Fla. Yearbook 2010

A flurry of activity and a boost from the military.

Charlotte Crane | 4/1/2010

Gulf County

Sacred Heart Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf opened last month at Port St. Joe.
The March opening of Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf at Port St. Joe is providing emergency, surgical and in-patient care for the area, along with 110 jobs. The Pensacola-based non-profit healthcare system will open an adjacent medical center this summer.

The county lost some 77 jobs last summer when Arizona Chemical closed its Port St. Joe plant and transferred operations to refineries in Panama City and Savannah, Ga.

Business to Watch

» Atlanta-based Biomass Energy Holdings is building Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center, a 47-megawatt electric generating plant, to be powered by wood chips and energy crops and employ 25 to 30. Construction, costing just under $200 million, will take 18 months and employ 200. Power will be sold to Progress Energy.

Who’s Hiring

» The Trane Co. plant at Lynn Haven could increase its workforce by 150 as it transfers some of its operations from a plant at Fort Smith, Ark.

» Sunshine Aero Industries in Crestview will add about 10 employees for expanded flight-test services for the military and aerospace industries once its new $3-million hangar is completed.

» Qwest Air Parts of Memphis, specializing in disassembling retired commercial airliners, will be hiring five to 10 workers this spring to staff the new warehouse operation at Crestview.

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