County Hosts Oxygen Development Kick-off

(l-r) Palm Springs Mayor Mike Davis, Commissioner Shelley Vana, Congressman Ted Deutch, Commissioner Paulette Burdick, HUD Miami Field Office Director Armando Fana, Tom Gallman, assistant director of the South Florida District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Oxygen General Manager Philippe Cohen.

(l-r) Palm Springs Mayor Mike Davis, Commissioner Shelley Vana, Congressman Ted Deutch, Commissioner Paulette Burdick, HUD Miami Field Office Director Armando Fana, Tom Gallman, assistant director of the South Florida District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Oxygen General Manager Philippe Cohen.

Commissioner Shelley Vana (second from left) was on hand for the construction kick-off on March 4 of Oxygen Development, LLC’s new manufacturing plant in Palm Springs. The Board of County Commissioners, through the Economic Development Office, secured $6 million in federal monies from HUD to bring the Deerfield Beach-based company to central Palm Beach County. The world-class supplier of color cosmetics, and skin care, hair care and over-the-counter drug products expects to create at least 400 new full-time jobs within the next five years. Also pictured (l-r) are Palm Springs Mayor Mike Davis, Congressman Ted Deutch, District 2 Commissioner Paulette Burdick, HUD Miami Field Office Director Armando Fana, Tom Gallman, assistant director of the South Florida District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Oxygen General Manager Philippe Cohen.