{"id":21058,"date":"2022-03-19T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=21058"},"modified":"2022-03-19T12:55:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:55:13","slug":"a-confidential-venture-that-is-code-named-project-horizon-costing-250000-in-local-taxpayer-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/03\/19\/a-confidential-venture-that-is-code-named-project-horizon-costing-250000-in-local-taxpayer-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"A confidential venture that is code-named Project Horizon costing $250,000 in local taxpayer dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"360\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/360_F_130691778_0qMbJCAk9WVmQmVMZo1IMjil0hbQstIj.jpg?resize=839%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/360_F_130691778_0qMbJCAk9WVmQmVMZo1IMjil0hbQstIj.jpg?w=839&amp;ssl=1 839w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/360_F_130691778_0qMbJCAk9WVmQmVMZo1IMjil0hbQstIj.jpg?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/360_F_130691778_0qMbJCAk9WVmQmVMZo1IMjil0hbQstIj.jpg?resize=768%2C330&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk and Lakeland governments are being asked to sweeten the pot by a half-million dollars to attract an unidentified company considering bringing 100 high-pay jobs to downtown Lakeland, which could be investing $50 million in Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polk County Commission approved up to $250,000 in incentives on Tuesday, and the Lakeland City Commission is expected to do the same on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n        <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-6bb3b6fe6acffe908775cddbcfc6a2c6\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content aligncenter ep-clear ep-percentage-width   ep-content-protection-disabled\" data-embed-type=\"PDF\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/22-013Res.pdf\">\n            <div class=\"embedpress-inner-iframe emebedpress-unit-percent ep-doc-6bb3b6fe6acffe908775cddbcfc6a2c6\" style=\"max-width:600%\" id=\"embedpress-pdf-1647708746431\">\n                <div >\n                    <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\"><div class=\"position-right-wraper gutenberg-pdf-wraper\"><iframe title=\"22-013Res\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-1647708746431\" style=\"width:600%;height:600px; max-width:100%; display: inline-block\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/embedpress\/assets\/pdf\/web\/viewer.html?&#038;file=https%3A%2F%2Flakelandgazette.info%2Fnews%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F03%2F22-013Res.pdf#key=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\" frameborder=\"0\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\"><\/iframe> <\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An existing building in downtown Lakeland is one of the places under inquiry in a confidential venture that is code-named Project Horizon by&nbsp;Enterprise Florida, the city of Lakeland\u2019s business development manager, Jason Willey, told city commissioners on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Willey, Project Horizon anticipates salaries averaging $93,526 a year, twice the Polk County average, he said. If all 100 positions are filled at that average salary, the project would be eligible for $500,000 in incentives \u2014 paid half by the city and half by the county \u2014 under the Polk County Bonus Incentive Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Polk County Bonus Incentive Program allows incentives of $5,000 per job to attract companies whose average wage is twice the county average, he said. Projects that get incentives at this level are rare, he told commissioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incentives would be paid over a three-year period once the new jobs are filled and verified, according to a&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;that city commissioners will consider Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lakeland Economic Development Council and Central Florida Development Council have been involved with the effort to land Project Horizon in Lakeland, Willey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julie Townsend, executive director of the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority, said Friday she does not know what building is under consideration, but it would be a plus for downtown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk and Lakeland governments are being asked to sweeten the pot by a half-million dollars to attract an unidentified company considering bringing 100 high-pay jobs to downtown Lakeland, which could&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[2573,2572],"class_list":["post-21058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-000-in-local-taxpayer-dollars","tag-a-confidential-venture-that-is-code-named-project-horizon-costing-250"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}