FORT WALTON BEACH NWF Contractors Inc., a Fort Walton Beach construction contracting company, has been awarded a five-year contract with a $20 million ceiling for construction of concrete targets at Eglin Air Force Base.
And in another recent local military contracting development, Niceville-based Zitec Inc. is one of four companies nationwide that have been awarded a share of a contract for munitions material handling equipment with a $9.8 million ceiling.
According to a June 4 contract award announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), NWF Contractors will provide all facilities, labor, materials, equipment and operations for construction of reinforced concrete test targets on specified areas of the sprawling Eglin reservation.
LOS LUNAS â Ralph Mims had a hand in growing the village of Los Lunas.Â
Mims, who has been the economic development manager for the past nine years, brought industry businesses such as manufacturing, retail and food services to the village. But now, Mims is retiring after having spent 25 years working between the village and the city of Albuquerque, where he spent 16 years before his time in Los Lunas.
Ralph Mims
âIt was a pleasure working for the village of Los Lunas,â Mims said.
Quoting the villageâs motto, he added, âSmall Community, Big Possibilities. We have a good staff â our elected body is pro-growth, pro-economic development. I think [the village] has a good future ahead of them.â