Jefferson Coutny awarded $ 2.5M grant for industrial park improvements

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Mere months after applying for a $2 million grant from FloridaCommerce, Jefferson County was awarded $2.5 million in funding via the Rural Infrastructure Fund (RIF) to install sewer, water and other needed infrastructure on a vacant 10-acre parcel in the industrial park. Ovid Solutions, the consulting firm that worked on the grant request on behalf of the county, announced the award on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The $2.5 million is intended to install the needed i