{"id":177007,"date":"2026-03-03T23:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177007\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:35:18","slug":"infrastructure-and-housing-projects-funded-in-panhandle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177007\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure and Housing Projects Funded in Panhandle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">PANAMA CITY, Fla. \u2014 On Tuesday, state officials allocated over $13 million from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to support essential infrastructure and workforce housing in the Panhandle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says this investment aims to create more than 700 new jobs in Bay and Gulf counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The funding is part of a strategic initiative to provide regional airports, shipyards, and communities with vital infrastructure for economic development. A significant portion of the funding will go toward building an aircraft engine repair station and testing facility at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">This project is expected to generate up to 400 new technician jobs in Bay County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">In Gulf County, the grant will fund a self-docking float dry dock at Eastern Shipbuilding. This maritime project is expected to generate 337 additional jobs for the local shipyard workforce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The investment also includes a road project in Port St. Joe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772580918_143_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PANAMA CITY, Fla. \u2014 On Tuesday, state officials allocated over $13 million from the Florida Job Growth Grant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[83651,28,30,29,83650],"class_list":["post-177007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-13m-grant-for-infrastructure-and-workforce","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gov-ron-desantis-hold-press-conference-in-panama-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}