Triumph Gulf Coast received $25 million grant, creating at least 500 new jobs

BAY COUNTY, Fla. ( WMBB ) – One of the Bay County Economic Development Alliance’s key projects received a big boost this week.

Triumph Gulf Coast board members approved $25 million in funding for project “Spinner”.

Project Spinner is a maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO facility. The grant will go to Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, where the MRO facility will be built.

It will handle commercial jet aircraft engine repair. A second building will house a jet engine testing center and a third facility in Lynn Haven will be used to test and distribute aircraft parts.

Project Spinner will create at least 500 high-wage jobs. There is also a potential partnership with Space Florida.

Triumph also advanced a Franklin County grant proposal for $750,000 to hire a consultant for a county-wide first responder communication system.

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