April 18, 2024

Northwest: Right Time, Right Place

This region grows new business with solid connections and plenty of room.

WAKULLA, GADSDEN AND LIBERTY COUNTIES


Goods move smoothly along an interconnected highway system linking northwest Florida to other southeastern states.
Incentives to offer: Just minutes from Tallahassee, Wakulla County is home to the Apalachicola National Forest, four rivers and plenty of Gulf Coast shoreline. Future job growth in this rural county is likely to stem from the abundant forests, as renewable energy and the biofuel plants that supply it gain popularity. In addition, Wakulla boasts five Enterprise Zones; businesses that locate within these zones may be eligible for selected incentives and tax benefits. Liberty County also offers a wide range of tax incentives to businesses that locate and create new jobs within its Rural Enterprise Zone.

Ready for development: Ready access to Georgia, Alabama and the rest of Florida via I-10, U.S. 90 and U.S. 27 makes Gadsden County an ideal site for commerce. Approximately 20 square miles of the county, including several business and industrial parks served by CSX rail lines, are contained in Enterprise Zones.

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Easy access: I-10, which offers east-west access, and U.S. Highway 19, which runs north-south, are two good reasons to do business in Jefferson County. Another is proximity to Florida’s capital city, Tallahassee. In Monticello — the county seat and a designated National Historic District — a new 2,400-square-foot emergency operations center was completed in June 2009.

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