Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry were at Sweet Pete's Candy Shop Monday morning.
Scott and Curry were at the candy shop in Downtown Jacksonville at 10:30 a.m. to highlight job creation in Jacksonville.
Scott said the Jacksonville area has added 12,000 jobs in the last year.
Sweet Pete's Candy Shop co-owners Pete and Allison Behringer received a Business Ambassador Award from Scott.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — “Sweet Pete’s is a great addition to the Jacksonville community. It is exciting to highlight their growth in Florida and across the nation with 75 new jobs just this year. We want small businesses like Sweet Pete’s, who would directly benefit from our proposal to eliminate the income tax on manufacturers and retailers as well as the commercial lease tax cut, to keep expanding throughout our state,” Scott said.
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Sweet Pete's opened its downtown location in 2014 in the historic Seminole club building that was built in 1903. Sweet Pete’s sells more than 1,000 different types of candies and boasts a fully-functional factory.
Curry said, "Let's keep creating jobs."
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