Thursday, January 29, 2004
Enterprise Florida plans to move Florida workers' wages to 92 percent of the national average by 2009, and it released its strategic plan Wednesday to define the pathways ahead.
With two exceptions the plan is vague about the price tags of its recommendations. The plan recommends $50-million for a Quick Action Closing Fund of cash incentives for companies that might relocate to Florida.
(During a special legislative session last fall, the legislature defeated a similar proposal for a $190 million fund.)
The plan also requests $60-million for three venture funds, each of which would require a match from private or federal sources.
You can download the strategic plan from this page. Go.
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Florida publishes strategic plan
