goal is to talk about their strategy for growth and in the course of dialogue I relay what Florida can do to help them achieve their goals ,” said DiBello .
“ We began talking to Jeff Bezos ’ company six or seven years ago . They did a multi-state site selection process to decide where they wanted to build their space systems and they selected Florida ,” he said .
“ They ’ re now building their next generation rockets right here in Florida near the Cape . When I looked at what he was planning , we really had a number of attributes that were important for him . The state has a very attractive ecosystem for the aerospace industry .”
DiBello credits Florida ’ s friendly regulatory and tax environment , high quality education system , housing and quality of life with being part of the ecosystem that supports aerospace industry growth here .
by Danielle Anderson
NOVEMBER 2020 | 19 |