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TAXATION
Corporate Income Tax: The corporate income tax rate is 5.5 percent and the first $5,000 is exempt.

Property Tax: Property tax within the 44-square block central business district is $25.36 per $1,000 assessed value. (1999 reference data)

Sales and Use Tax: 7.5 percent of the total price on retail or sales of tangible personal property; no sales tax on groceries or medicine.

LABOR
The Pensacola area offers a steady pool of skilled labor, thanks in part to the large number of military personnel and military retirees living in the area. The unemployment rate for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties has averaged about 4% in the first half of 2001.

TRANSPORTATION

Air:
Pensacola Regional Airport is served by seven airlines: AirTran, Comair, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlink, and US Airways and US Airways Express. Each of these airlines provides direct flights to various cities along the southeast with a total of 44 flights per day. For airfreight delivery each of the following airlines provides cargo service: Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlink, and US Airways.  Airport is within 10 minutes of facility.

Rail Service:
Three major rail services serve the Pensacola MSA. CSX Transportation and States Rail - Alabama Gulf Coast Railway provide container shipping, intermodal and logistic services for business needs. In addition, the Alabama Gulf Coast Railway provides a connecting service to Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad for northbound cargo. PSMC has an active private spur that connects to Alabama Gulf Coast Railway on the property. Pensacola has access to Amtrak (national rail map).

Roads & Highways:
Interstate 10, which is linked to the inner city via I-110, is a national thoroughfare from Jacksonville, Florida to Los Angeles. U.S. highways 29 (north to south) and 90 and 98 (east to west) pass through the community. Interstate 65 is tied to the area’s north-south system 55 miles from Pensacola. State and county roads carry traffic east to other Florida counties, north and west to portions of Alabama. (It is approximately 55 miles from Pensacola to Mobile and 200 miles from Pensacola to Tallahassee.)

Inbound Markets:
Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Greenville-Spartanburg and New Orleans.

Outbound Markets:
Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Heavy Lift Service:
100-ton heavy lift crane. TraveLift® for vessels/barges: 100 ton heavy lift capability.

Barge Service:
Over 4,100 feet of bulkhead with 12-15 foot draft, currently serviced by all major barge lines. On load/off load barge service available. 

UTILITIES
Electric:
Gulf Power Company, 27 KVA 13,800 volt service.

Telephone:
BellSouth.

Natural Gas:
Energy Services of Pensacola. High pressure gas main at 60 psi.

Sewage Disposal & Water:
The Escambia County Utilities Authority water service: 8" main @ 80 psi.

ZONING
M-2 Heavy Industrial Zone for the entire Pensacola Marine Complex layout.  ID2 zoning for warehouse and grounds located in Escambia County.

PORT OF PENSACOLA - Foreign Trade Zone 249
The Port of Pensacola is Northwest Florida's leading deep-water port. Its close proximity to PSMC allow as a mutual marine use for varying cargoes. On its 50 acres, covered warehouse space in addition to outdoor staging areas are available for lease or transitory use. On-dock rail, served by CSX and BNSF and truck queuing areas provide easy inland access. The Port can accommodate ocean-going vessels with drafts up to 33 feet MLW and it offers stevedoring and marine terminal services. For more information, go to www.portofpensacola.com.

PROJECT ASSISTANCE
Chamber of Commerce:
1-850-438-4081
www.pensacolachamber.com

Gulf Power Economic Development:
1-850-444-6611
www.gulfpower.com