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Jax Chamber Pres names companies bringing jobs

The Interim President of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce says “there is a lot going on” for the city’s economy right now.

“You know it gets pretty exciting,” Jerry Mallot tells us. “We have got an exciting economy going.  Our unemployment rate keeps coming down.  We’re right around the seven percent mark right now, and I think it’s only going to get better as we go.”

Mallot also brought us a list of companies that are looking to fill jobs this year in Jacksonville:

-Digital Risk – 300 jobs

-Northrop Grumman – 400 jobs

-Deutsche Bank – 300 jobs

-United Healthcare – 300 jobs

-Coastal Cloud – 100 jobs

-Body Central – 75 jobs

-Embraer – 50 jobs “and gonna be a lot more”

-Corys Thunder – a headquarters at 35 jobs

-Höegh Autoliners – a headquarters at 20 jobs

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