OKEECHOBEE COUNTY
Okeechobee • Fort Drum • Basinger
From the Desk of Megan Smith – President Okeechobee County
Economic Development Corporation
It has been a busy couple of months for the Okeechobee
County Economic Development Corporation (OCEDC). This group
of committed business and public partners determined the organization’s
top priorities would be to research and identify a site to
develop a 300 – 500 acre industrial site, research and determine
a funding mechanism for the industrial complex, implement a
Business & Retention program, and work with local realtors to
populate the database of county buildings and land for commercial
and industrial use. The final goal is to complete a strategic
plan for the next several years.
OCEDC applied for and was awarded a Rural Economic Development
Grant from Enterprise Florida. The funding will be used
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS
to cover membership cost related to the
Florida Economic Development Council, International
Economic Development Council
(IEDC), several IEDC training classes, and an
ad in the Expansion Solutions Magazine.
If you would like to learn more about
Okeechobee County and the Corporation,
please visit their website at www.OCEDCorp.
com. To keep up with recent announcements
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Tito Brothers Treatment Selects City of Okeechobee Commerce Center to Open Healthcare Waste Company
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Bautech USA presented to the
Okeechobee County Commissioners a
proposal for the purchase of two buildings
in the Okeechobee Airport Industrial
Park. Bautech USA, is a company dedicated
to providing complete solutions for
the construction industry, through the
manufacture, distribution, installation and
maintenance of precast concrete products.
The technology is fully automated and will
be the first of its kind in the United States.
Bautech was founded in Guatemala in
2004 with a management team that has
more than 30 years of experience in the
industry.
The facility in Okeechobee will be a
clean process with no air or water contaminates
and little to no waste. They will
be able to produce 800 metric tons/day
or 230,000 metric tons/year of precast
concrete products. They currently have
letters of intent for several projects for
hurricane and storm damage mitigation
that will be the plant’s first production.
Bautech USA plans to hire approximately
20 people to include executives, managers,
engineers and production engineers.
Renovations will start as soon as possible
with the hopes of the first precast concrete
products being produced in early 2020.
Sergio Prahl, CEO of Bautech USA,
said, “I am very excited about expanding
Bautech to the United States and more importantly
to Okeechobee. We look forward
to a long and mutually beneficial relationship
with the community.”
Frank Irby, Chairman of the Okeechobee
County Economic Development Corporation
(OCEDC), was excited to be able to
announce that a new industry would be
calling the community home and said,
“This is why we formed the Okeechobee
County Economic Development Corporation,
so that industries would have a single
point of contact to help businesses open
or expand and bring industrial diversification
to our region.” Smith, President/CEO
of OCEDC, said that it was the teamwork of
the County, Airport, and the Corporation
that made the project possible.
International company to purchase in Okeechobee Airport Industrial Park
Megan Smith
Tito Brothers Treatment, LLC submitted
a bid to purchase a lot in the City of
Okeechobee Commerce Center to build
and open a healthcare waste treatment
facility. Okeechobee City Council voted
unanimously at their September 10 meeting
to accept the bid.
Tito Brothers Treatment is a brand new
company that will be building a 3500
square foot facility where autoclave technology
will be used to treat medical waste
in a safe and economical manner. They expect
to employ 20 – 30 people with wages
between $20 - $30/hour. Construction will
begin as soon as possible with production
starting in early 2020.
The CEO of Tito Brothers Treatment, LLC,
said “I am very excited about starting this
new venture in Okeechobee. We are looking
forward to a long and mutually beneficial
relationship with the community.”
Frank Irby, Chairman of the Okeechobee
County Economic Development Corporation
(OCEDC), was excited to be able to
announce the second industry in less than
a week that chose the community. He said
“It feels good to know that all of our hard
work is paying off now and we believe that
this trend will continue.” The President/
CEO of OCEDC, thanked the City Council
of Okeechobee for their vote and said she
looks forward to many more victories for
the community.
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