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The Amazon facility is slated to be up and running in mid-September. The city’s Economic Vitality Office broke the news over the weekend.

Amazon is investing in new fulfillment warehouses around Florida. Now, the online retailer says it’s spending $120M on the facility at the Kennedy Space Center.

The business is ramping up its hiring efforts with information sessions where potential employees can learn about what the company has to offer.

The facility, at the corner of East Orange Avenue and Meridian Street, will also provide the community with routes to new employment opportunities.

Leon County and the City of Tallahassee are giving Amazon more than $2.5 million in incentives. In return, the company is promising 1,000 new jobs. Still, questions remain over whether those new jobs will result in overall job growth, or if Amazon will pull workers from other local industries. 

Project Mango has been revealed. Amazon and Leon County made it official today, with the online retailer announcing plans for a robotics fulfillment center at Mahan Drive and I-10.