Bill Cronin

“we've had 34 companies launched. And from that, three of them came from the West Pasco Center in Holiday uh co-located with AmSkills”

“16 companies launched in that first quarter and those are things that these activities will build up to.”

“We had 21 wins. That's really good sign of the barometer in terms of how we're doing.”

“we've got 15 so far...437 jobs already this year into our third quarter and 101 million of new capital investment into the county”

“we've got about 20 that are close to the finish line. But I am here to report there is a pause right now with a lot of companies pulling the trigger on their investments.”

“last year we finished the year with 14 wins...we ended up with 1182 new jobs for the community...and $360 million of new capital investment”

“we're one of the few communities that has land but we've got land and people and making sure that we get the talent pipeline right is extremely important”

“600 jobs over $233 million of capital investment... that means we'll be raising our goal for capital investment this year”

“this was truly a project where people came together, collaborated, worked together not just on the incentive deals but some of the nuances that we have here in Florida”

“we've got about four million on the street that it's actively working right now and a very low rate of default believe it or not”

“we've had seven wins already this year...i anticipate you're going to have a couple big wins here before the end of the fiscal year”

“When you're bringing in a company that is bringing 500 jobs they need to have one of the things they're going to look at is is housing available.”

“I'm happy to announce that Amazon has committed to build a 500,000 square foot facility up at state road 52 and Bellamy Brothers Road...this is a robotic center which means that our students at the career academies studying robotics...have the opportunity to be able to work on these machines and robots.”

“we are still in business a lot of people have slowed down on the decision-making process but our pipeline continues to remain full”

“there are still too many people living here and working somewhere else”

“This project truly is a game changer and words cannot fully express the magnitude of this project or the potential of this project.”

“not only is Santander Consumer USA investing 22 million dollars in Pasco County... they're also going to be employing over 875 jobs here”

“we ended the year with 15 total wins our goal was 12...we received a commitment from a company...for 875 jobs very large project that put us over not only our goal of a thousand but our record for the most recruited jobs in any one fiscal year at 1 464 total jobs”

“the ask is to fund the remaining companies that came through the window before it was shut on April 22nd and 5:00 p.m. which is about a thousand more companies here that that could use that grant and it would total around four point eight million dollars”

“we're really happy about this partnership working with the county the EDC and the county has come up with a emergency grant fund for our small businesses”

“we're really happy about this partnership working with the county; the EDC and the county has come up with an emergency grant fund for our small businesses for businesses that are 25 employees or less.”

“it's my pleasure to present to you today our reports for the first quarter of this fiscal year 2020”

“we're really excited about this company coming in attack right into Central Pasco creating some wonderful jobs”

“nine winds that we've claimed already this year...capital investment we're at about 50 million dollars and 242 net new jobs to our community”

“that pipeline represents almost two billion dollars worth of prospective investment to our County”

“the ability of our community to band together to overcome those challenges through innovation determination and resiliency”

“we started with a blank slate we've identified 67 properties in the county that could be used for business growth whether industrial or commercial”