Florida nonprofit Triumph Gulf Coast is today scheduled to consider a $76 million funding request tied to a proposed shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing campus at the Port of Pensacola, a project supporters say could generate about 2,000 high-wage jobs in Northwest Florida.
The city of Pensacola, which owns the port, submitted the application seeking Triumph support for what application documents describe as “a major expansion that will establish Project Maeve’s Southeastern Headquarters and a Tier 2 advanced ship manufacturing facility at the Port of Pensacola.” The company behind Project Maeve has not been publicly named.
The overall project investment is estimated at $275 million. That figure includes $105 million for building construction, $25 million for site preparation and port utility upgrades, and $145 million for equipment. The Triumph funding request would be limited to the construction portion…