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North Central: Timing is Key

Growing companies see new opportunities in just right North Central locations.

Ginger Broslat | 9/24/2008

Madison County

New Infrastructure Draws Business: The completion of an important Madison County infrastructure project has paved the way for construction of two new fueling/food stations. New infrastructure includes a paved road and utilities along a county-owned five-mile stretch of road paralleling I-10 and encompassing nearly 50 acres.

Love’s and Fast Track are now serving customers at new sites. “We had a previous location here that was destroyed by fire,” says Alan Fogg, president of Land O’Sun Development, which owns the Fast Track station. “We knew the county was planning some infrastructure developments and waited to rebuild until that was in place. We feel like we’re in the right place at the right time to be ready for the development that will come from the county’s land purchase.”

Madison County Commissioner Ronnie Moore is ready to welcome more companies and new jobs to the area. “We have land and zoning in place. Our legislative coalition has taken this dream and made it a reality.”

Levy County

Powering Up: In July 2008, Progress Energy Florida got the green light from the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) to build two nuclear reactors on a 3,100-acre site in southern Levy County. The regulators deemed the $17-billion project both necessary and cost-effective.

The new facility will be among only a very few nuclear plants in the country to be constructed on a greenfield site over the last three decades, and will require development of one of the single largest transmission infrastructure projects in Florida’s history.

PSC approval is the first leg of a lengthy process Progress Energy Florida must go through to help ensure that nuclear energy remains a viable option for Florida’s future. And the economic impact could be huge. The proposed new plants would mean an estimated 800 full-time, high-paying permanent positions, generate approximately 1,000 to 2,000 indirect jobs and employ about 3,000 people at the height of construction.

If Progress Energy’s plans are fully approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the company decides to move forward with the project, the two advanced technology reactors could begin generating electricity as early as 2016.

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