The Jacksonville Civic Council said a UF campus would help the city's prosperity if done in partnership with existing universities.
The support for UF would be far larger. The Jacksonville Civic Council recommended that the $50 million would be a"one-time commitment" for UF and any future money should be"shared and allocated to all of the region's higher education institutions."
The Civic Council also recommended any funds committed to UF for the campus, whether public or private money, should stay in Jacksonville and not be used by UF outside the city. The letter says post-pandemic population shifts have contributed to Jacksonville's growth, but demand for high-skilled workers in the fields such as financial technology , biomedical manufacturing and healthcare delivery is is growing faster than the city's universities can keep pace.
The Jacksonville metropolitan area is in the back of the pack among the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas when it comes to college graduates in target industries, the letter says. Jacksonville has is 50th for college graduates in engineering, 38th in computer sciences, 47th in health sciences, and 32nd in finance, according to the Civic Council letter.
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