You're invited to the launch of the Gadsden County Development Council’s new five-year strategic planning process! 📆 📊 📈

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GCDC's five-year strategic planning process
Hoover Treated Wood Products hosts grand opening

Strategic Planning

You are cordially invited to the launch of the Gadsden County Development Council’s new five-year strategic planning process. The theme is Opportunity for All: Strategies for Inclusive Economic Development. The GCDC seeks to develop an economic inclusion strategy that is community-based, public-private, collaborative and innovative. To achieve this goal we need each of you and your organizations at the table. Please join us Thursday August 22nd from 6:00 to 8:00.

On Friday August 23, Mr. Bryant will host two strategy sessions:

Industry & Education BREAKFAST: 8 AM to 10 AM at Havana Springs Resort
Community-based Partners in Health and Human Services LUNCHEON: 11 AM to 1 PM

Please register for all three events. Use the code PARTNER to attend the Networking Event for free or pay $15 according to your organizational policies.

Hoover hosts grand opening

On Thursday, August 8th a Grand Opening Celebration for Hoover Treated Wood Productstook place in Havana, FL.

The Gadsden County Development Council hosted a press event to celebrate the grand opening. Speakers included:

Antonio Jefferson, Chairman, Gadsden County Development Council
Barry Holden, President, Hoover Treated Wood Products
Senator Bill Montford, Florida Senate
Jamal Sowell, President & CEO, Enterprise Florida
Jim McShane, CEO, CareerSource Capital Region
Anthony Viegbesie, PhD, Chairman, Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners
Brenda Holt, Commissioner, Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners
Eric Hinson, Commissioner, Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners
Chris Eldred, President, TeligentEMS, Havana
Decorkus Allen, Mayor Pro Tem, Town of Havana
Howard McKinnon, Manager, Town of Havana

Top left: Barry Holden, President, Hoover Treated Wood Products
Top right: Antonio Jefferson, Chairman, Gadsden County Development Council
Bottom left: Anthony Viegbesie, PhD, Chairman, Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners
Bottom right: Eric Hinson, Commissioner, Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners

Hoover Treated Wood Products (Hoover), in business since 1955, began operations in Gadsden County near Havana, Florida in April 2019. Hoover owns and operates ten facilities across the country and services a customer network of over 300 locations throughout the United States and Canada. Hoover's $4.5 million investment includes newly constructed facilities on newly acquired property and has created 20 new jobs across two shifts of operation.

To support the development, the GCDC secured a $323,000 Rural Infrastructure Fund Grant from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to extend water and natural gas utility infrastructure to the site. Hoover qualifies for a Florida Qualified Targeted Industry Tax Refund of up to $200,000 which includes a $30,000 matching grant from Gadsden County and a $10,000 matching grant from the town of Havana.

Top left: Brenda Holt, Commissioner, Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners
Top right: Jamal Sowell, President & CEO, Enterprise Florida
Bottom left: Senator Bill Montford, Florida Senate
Bottom right: Decorkus Allen, Mayor Pro Tem, Town of Havana

Get all the details here including speaker comments.

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