Triumph Gulf Coast approves $61 million dollar investment in Northwest Florida

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Triumph Gulf Coast Board approved several grant agreements worth roughly $61 million for projects in Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, and Wakulla counties, according to a media release issued Thursday.

Triumph says the grants are expected to support the creation of 150 “new high-wage jobs” and 10,656 industry certifications.

Triumph Gulf Coast is a nonprofit organized to oversee the spending of 75 percent of all funds recovered by the Florida attorney general for economic damages relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill…

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