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IDA reports progress at Commerce Park expansion; Culver’s and manufacturing interest announced

Hardee County Board of County Commissioners · August 4, 2026

Summary

Ms. Chapman told the board that most site work for phase 2 of the Commerce Park is complete, a plat was approved for 21 new lots, Debut Development’s 26,000-sq.-ft. building is wrapping up, Culver’s has closed on a building and EcoStairs has purchased a lot and is in permitting. She said about $569,000 remains in the EDA grant award.

Ms. Chapman of the Industrial Development Authority updated commissioners on the Commerce Park phase-2 project, reporting that site development and infrastructure work are largely complete and that a plat has been approved adding 21 lots for business recruitment.

"We have just about 569,000 remaining in that grant award agreement," Ms. Chapman said, and she described current activity: finishing a 26,000-square-foot building for Debut Development, Culver’s closing on a building yesterday, a lot sale to EcoStairs with permitting underway, and design work for a potential 30,000-square-foot manufacturing hub. She said some adjacent residential demolition is planned to create more contiguous industrial acreage and listed workforce and site-readiness improvements the IDA intends to pursue.

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