SLC County Update The Fenn Center will be packed on Thursday, February 29th for the Annual County Update Luncheon. George Landry,County Administrator for the St. Lucie Board of County Commissioners will be sharing an update and state of the county beginning at 11:30 a.m. To reserve your space for this event, please visit St. Lucie [...]
TCFB plans $30M warehouse Treasure Coast Food Bank is another step closer to breaking ground on a state-of-the-art 113,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility at the Orange 95 Commerce Center in Fort Pierce. The new facility will enable the regional nonprofit to consolidate its multiple properties and grow its operating capacity. Treasure Coast Food Bank [...]
St. Lucie EDC wins international award The International Economic Development Council honored the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County (EDC) with a 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Award for digital media in markets with populations between 200,000 and 500,000. The EDC's #WorkLocalStLucie advertising campaign using the navigation app Waze was recognized during the international [...]
Leadership expert Dr. Rick Goodman kicks off local speaker series The highly anticipated EXCEL Speaker Series is set to kick off on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Indian River State College Pruitt Campus in Port St. Lucie Presented by the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County's EXCEL members, the half-day seminar will feature renowned [...]
Russ Blackburn, Port St. Lucie’s recently retired city manager, was presented with the Pete Hegener Leadership Award by the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County at its ninth annual leadership dinner on May 18.
Kings Logistics Center tops off Celebrating the installation of the roof and the near-completion of the Kings Logistics Center warehouse in Fort Pierce, the project's general contractor Catamount Constructors hosted a "topping off" event on March 28. "Roofing a 664,176-square-foot building is a substantial undertaking and well worth celebrating," said construction superintendent Thomas Naumann. "A [...]
Port St. Lucie welcomes innovative human milk processing company LactaLogics co-founder Glenn Snow (at right) during one of the company's three human milk processing pilot runs at the TetraPak Pilot Plant in Denton, Texas. The TetraPak technology will be installed in LactaLogics new processing facility in Port St. Lucie. LactaLogics, a mission-driven company [...]
Total Truck Parts breaks ground in PSL Total Truck Parts executives Marc Karon, Tom Gibson, Leo Cordeiro and Dennis Imbody break ground for the company's new 47,000-square-foot facility on Glades Cutoff Road in Port St. Lucie. Officials from Total Truck Parts and local dignitaries broke ground in Port St. Lucie, Florida, for [...]
St. Lucie County community makes its mark on the Interstate Commerce Center From left, Michael Rem of JBL Development, Fort Pierce Mayor Linda Hudson and Sandra Pabon of Itasca Construction Partners sign the cornerstone of the Interstate Commerce Center. Photo by MaryAnn Ketcham Dozens of dignitaries gathered along Interstate 95 in Fort Pierce [...]
Wes McCurry to join St. Lucie EDC The City of Port St. Lucie's community development director, Wesley McCurry, will join the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County (EDC) as its senior vice president in November. He will lead the organization's business attraction and retention activities. McCurry has overseen the rapid development of [...]