LIFT JAX, Swisher announce $135M expansion to create 240 jobs, 60 for Eastside residents

LIFT JAX announced a partnership with Swisher that ties inclusive economic development to the company’s $135 million Jacksonville manufacturing expansion, the organizations said. The project is expected to create 240 new full-time jobs, with at least 60 positions reserved for Eastside residents living within a two-mile radius of Swisher’s Jacksonville campus. That area includes the neighborhoods of Oakland, Campbell’s Addition, Phoenix and Long Branch.