In exchange for a modest $1.4 million investment by the state, at least 418 jobs came out of a program that aims to help young Florida companies grow.
That's only about $3,400 per job – or less than the cost of a weeklong Disney cruise to the Caribbean for a family of four.
Not bad when you consider the state has spent far more per job to recruit companies in recent years.
The program known as GrowFL is the state's first large-scale stab at economic gardening, the theory that jobs can be created by nurturing companies that are already here and poised to grow.
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