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Forcura to add 115 jobs, expand HQ
Daily Record UNEMPLOYMENT SURGE: SERVICE JOBS HURT MOST THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
11.2% JACKSONVILLE
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The impact of COVID-19 on the Jacksonville metropolitan area (Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties) struck with full force in April. Here is how the individual job sectors fared from March to April, with construction gaining and accommodation and food services doing the worst. Total nonagricultural jobs
The Jacksonville company will receive city and state incentives approved by City Council as Project Graph.
Total Jobs
Jobs lost
Overall 654,700 77,400 Goods-producing jobs Total Jobs
%Change 10.6%
JOBLESS RATE BY COUNTY From March to April, unemployment in the Jacksonville region rose from 4.3% to 11.2%.
BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
JACKSONVILLE
County March April Baker 4.1% 7.6% Clay
4.2% 10.2%
Duval
4.5% 11.3%
Nassau 4.1% 12.4%
Jobs lost or gained
%Change
Overall 77,000 2,300
2.9%
Construction 46,000 200
0.4%
Manufacturing 30,500 2,500
7.6%
St. Johns 3.7%
11.6%
4.3%
Service-providing jobs
Total Jobs
Jobs lost
%Change
Overall 577,700 75,100
11.5%
Retail trade
9.5%
72,600
7,600
Transportation, 40,900 7,000 warehousing, utilities
14.6%
Financial activities
65,700
2,500
3.7%
Professional and business services
105,800
8,300
7.3%
Accommodation 42,800 29,700 and food services
41.0%
Government 77,000 1,900
2.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, prepared by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Bureau of Workforce Statistics and Economic Research
April
March
Jacksonville-based Forcura announced May 27 it will add 115 jobs by the end of 2022 and open a new headquarters in the city with help from an economic development agreement, which City Council unanimously approved in March. Forcura is a health care technology company that enables safer patient care transitions along the care continuum. It will receive taxpayer-backed incentives from the city and DeSantis state. “Congratulations to Forcura on their selection of Jacksonville for their new corporate headquarters,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a JAX Chamber news release. “Florida continues to be a leader in economic opportunity and innovation because of our business-friendly environment and talent pipeline. Companies like Forcura recognize this because they are confident they have opportunities for growth,” he said. According to a city Office of Economic Development project summary, the company, codenamwd Project Graph, requested $690,000 in incentives. It will receive a $6,000 refund per job. SEE FORCURA, PAGE 4
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