JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – City officials are looking to secure an expansion from a manufacturing company that could bring at least $10 million in new investment and roughly 100 to 120 full‑time jobs to Northwest Jacksonville.
Working under the name “Project Underground”, the company, which already employs more than 140 people in Jacksonville and operates facilities in Tennessee and western U.S., is considering a local expansion to support existing and new product lines. Most of the projected jobs would be production roles with average wages above $40,000 a year.
According to project documents, the potential investment would go toward an existing industrial facility in a “Level 1 Economically Distressed Area,” where the unemployment rate is about 12.8% and more than twice the county average…