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Okaloosa pursues Triumph funding after confidential manufacturer selects Shoal River Ranch site
Summary
County commissioners authorized a Triumph Gulf Coast application for a confidential company proposing a phased, multi‑phase manufacturing campus at the Shoal River Ranch ‘giga site,’ a project county and economic‑development officials say could exceed $1 billion and create hundreds of higher‑paying jobs.
Okaloosa County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to let the county apply to Triumph Gulf Coast for an infrastructure grant to ready 135 acres at the Shoal River Ranch “giga site” for a confidential manufacturer that has selected the site for a phased, 1,000,000‑square‑foot aircraft systems campus.
The board’s action launches the first step of Triumph’s three‑part review process, county officials said, and clears the way for a Triumph board review on April 23. If negotiations progress, officials said Triumph could consolidate later term‑setting steps and a grant award as early as June.
County economic‑development officials said…
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