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uses this model to show potential investors and other businesses looking to relocate to Tampa the current development progress and what those investors can expect in the years to come .
After a look into Tampa ’ s future , the BLI ’ s next module provided a look into the early 1900s when Tampa ’ s nickname was “ Cigar City .” On February 8 , the class was given a tour of the working cigar factory started by J . C . Newman when he moved his company from Ohio to Florida . Like many of the cigar factories operating in Tampa prior to Newman ’ s arrival , the JCN factory was built as a large , three-story brick building oriented east to west .
Starting from the bottom floor , the class had the opportunity to see how the tobacco is brought into the factory , processed , and shipped out as cigars . The factory still uses many of the same machines built in the 1930s to automate most of its production output . In contrast , on the top floor , four employees work at antique wooden desks , each rolling 100 cigars per day by hand . From the newest to the oldest buildings in Tampa , both modules provided the BLI class the opportunity to engage with Tampa ’ s storied commercial real estate landscape and learn about the visionaries behind the buildings . n
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