The Jacksonville Aviation Authority board will consider providing a $34.9 million package of facility upgrades and incentives to an aviation company to build a manufacturing and production facility at Cecil Field.
On May 19, the JAA board is scheduled to consider agreements with the company, code-named Project Bluebird, to go forward with a two-step plan to establish operations in an existing hangar at the West Jacksonville airport and then build a manufacturing plant within five years on 80 to 100 acres on undeveloped property on the airport grounds.
According to documents from the city of Jacksonville, which is considering providing up to $20 million in incentives for Project Bluebird, the company is planning to invest at least $430 million for a facility to produce a passenger jet it is developing in another state.