Jeff Bergosh Blog: Project Titan: Moving Forward to the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

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Friday, October 12, 2018

Project Titan: Moving Forward to the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

I was honored to speak at the ST Engineering Aerospace MRO facility grand opening in June. We will soon be building three additional hangars at the airport and adding another 1,325 good paying jobs for Escambia County!

Project Titan, the effort to massively expand the ST Engineering Aerospace Maintenance, Renovation, and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Pensacola, is moving forward.

A ceremonial signing event will occur on Saturday, October 27th, in Singapore, memorializing this transformational project.

Escambia County has committed $10 Million to this effort ($18 Million total if the county's previous investment in ST Engineering's first facility is added). Once completed, this project will massively, positively impact our county in many ways. This power point document gives a great breakdown of the project and the benefits it will bring to our community.

I have been asked to provide a comment on this project, on the occasion of the signing of this historic agreement. My statement is below: