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Newberry presents F300 AgTech accelerator launch as part of wider Ag‑tech push
Summary
City economic development consultant Kamal Latham updated the City Commission on progress for the F300 AgTech Innovation Park and announced a local accelerator kickoff Wednesday; a pending Florida Jobs Growth Grant and a consortium of public and private partners are central to the project’s next steps.
Kamal Latham, the City of Newberry’s economic development consultant, told the City Commission on March 10 that the F300 AgTech Innovation Park initiative has moved into an early “accelerator” phase and will host a public kickoff Wednesday evening at the municipal building. The three‑month accelerator is designed to help ag‑tech start‑ups scale while the city pursues funding for a permanent incubator and infrastructure.
The update matters because F300 is framed by the city and its partners as a vehicle for “high‑skill, high‑wage” jobs and new tax revenue that could support local infrastructure, Latham said. The project’s feasibility study and business plan were funded in part by a $20,000 grant from Duke Energy and a $55,000 USDA Rural Development grant; a followup application to the Governor’s Florida Jobs Growth Grant (a…
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