Bay County’s economic development efforts are managed through a private/public partnership, the Bay Economic Development Alliance (EDA). The EDA works with strategic partners in Bay County and the Northwest Florida region to enable the area to create new, quality jobs while sustaining and growing the existing economic base. The EDA’s efforts reflect the strength of its investor partners.
Benefits The Bay EDA program of action depends on the support of public and private investors. The key benefit to our investors is the growth in new quality jobs that comes from an aggressive, professional economic development agency. Bay County is on the cusp of greatness from an economic development standpoint and the EDA is the lead organization to help the area fulfill its growth potential.
Bay EDA Investors Brochure and Application
The following is a list of our current Bay EDA investors:
County-City Investors
The EDA’s government partners, the Bay County Board of County Commissioners and the Cities of Lynn Haven, Panama City and Panama City Beach, each support the EDA at $1.50 per resident. County-City Investors receive one seat on the EDA Executive Committee.
Economic Development Investors 
The EDA's Economic Development Investors may be public or private entities and contribute $25,000 per year. Investors in this category receive one seat on the EDA Executive Committee.
Chamber Partners 
Community and Corporate Investors 
Community (public) and Corporate (private) Investors contribute at least $5,000 per year.
- Ameris Bank
- Anderson Construction Company
- BRPH Architects Engineers, Inc.
- Barge Design Solutions
- Bay County District Schools
- Bayou Concrete
- Bense Enterprises
- Beachy Beach Real Estate
- Bill Cramer Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC
- Borusan Berg Pipe
- Burke, Blue, Hutchison, Walters & Smith
- By The Sea Resorts
- Cadence Bank
- Carr, Riggs & Ingram
- Centennial Bank
- Central Panhandle Associates of Realtors
- Clemons Company
- Community Bank, Coast
- Counts Real Estate Group
- Culpepper Construction Company, Inc.
- DAG Architects
- Dewberry
- Eastern Shipbuilding Group
- Encompass Health
- Engineered Cooling Services
- ERA Neubauer Real Estate
- First Federal Bank
- Florida Architects, Inc.
- Florida State University Panama City
- Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative
- Gulf Coast Medical Center
- Hancock Whitney
- Hensel Phelps
- Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC
- Innovations Federal Credit Union
- Landrum
- Linea Peninsular, Inc.
- NAI TALCOR
- Neves Media
- Oceaneering
- Panama City Toyota
- PanCare of Florida
- Paramount Construction Group
- Phillips & Jordan
- Regions Bank
- Reliant South
- ServisFirst Bank
- St. Andrew Bay Land Company
- System Service & Engineering, Inc.
- TECO Peoples Gas
- The Highland Group
- Thomas Howell Ferguson
- Truland Homes
- Trustmark
- United Community
- Warren Averett
- White Construction
- Winkeler & Associates