North Florida is a prime location for many of the emerging industries currently being courted by state leaders.

Businesses can earn tens of thousands of dollars in various tax credits and financial incentives in most North Florida counties because many of those counties have been identified as Rural Community, Urban Core and Enterprise zones.

Enterprise Florida www.enterpriseflorida.com , the state’s agency to assist and draw business to our area, lists all state incentives that can apply to many new and existing business expansion and training. Companies can save thousands of dollars just by locating in one of these counties or cities and creating as little as one new job.

The state has identified the following industries as targets for these and other incentives: clean energy technology, biofuel, solar, biomass, electronic equipment, fuel cell technology, aviation technology that includes safer skies, drones, nanotechnology; security development to create safer ports; info-technology that includes computing in space, supply chain simulation, mobile entertainment, digital media, simulation technology, people-friendly computing; life science that includes reduced invasive surgery, biosensors, regenerative medicine, fight against diabetes, and science of light technologies.

When these industries find locations within the states enterprise zones, they can expect more than just the welcome wagon from state and local officials. It’s enough to keep North Florida on any expanding companies radar.