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Pasco commissioners approve $21 million local commitment to support Moffitt/Spiros radiopharma campus
Summary
The Pasco County Board voted unanimously Feb. 17 to approve a resolution supporting Moffitt Cancer Center’s Spiros campus and to direct staff to memorialize a $21 million county contribution as part of a $228 million project and a pending EDA grant application.
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Feb. 17 to approve a draft resolution supporting Moffitt Cancer Center’s Spiros radiopharmaceutical campus and directed county staff to memorialize a $21,000,000 county contribution as part of Moffitt’s application to the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Planning and economic development director David Engel told the board the Spiros campus is a proposed $228 million capital project located near the Suncoast and Ridge Road extension and that the county’s requested $21 million would serve as a local match to an EDA grant. Josh Carpenter, president of Spiros, said the project would include radiopharmaceutical research and development, manufacturing, a treatment facility and a privately operated incubator tied to…
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