Epic Adventures Resort Kingsland could break ground in Camden County as soon as spring 2015.

Officials say the regional entertainment resort is expected to create 2,350 jobs.

The positions will be filled through the regional labor pool, according to officials.
The entertainment resort will be off Georgia 40, west of Exit 3 on I-95.

Tentatively, the venue will include a hotel, conference center, water park, go- cart track, miniature golf, zip line and ropes course. It may also have an outdoor amphitheater, bowling lanes, restaurants, theaters, shops and businesses.

“I’m optimistic,” city manager Lee Spell said. “We have taken a huge step forward. This is what the investors and lenders have been waiting on.”
The agreement must be finalized by the board of the city’s Community Improvement, but city leaders don’t anticipate any problems.

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Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal by Ed Stych, Web Producer

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 12:23pm CDT – Last Modified: Friday, September 28, 2012, 2:59pm CDT

Real Development CEO Michael Elzufon, in a 2010 photo in Wichita, Kan.

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A Plymouth company plans to build a $100 million entertainment and adventure resort in Georgia, the Jacksonville Business Journal reports.

Real Development Corp. plans to build the amusement park on 574 acres of land in Kingsland, Ga., which is about 40 miles north of Jacksonville. It’s expected to create 800 jobs and attract 500,000 visitors annually when it opens in 2014, the Business Journal reports.

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Michael Elzufon is the co-founder and CEO of Real Development, which was founded in 2004 and has been active for many years in the commercial real estate and condo markets in Wichita, Kan.

Other principals of the company include co-founder Dave Lundberg and Jeff Hill, the company’s executive vice president of operations.

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A more than $100 million entertainment and adventure resort that is planned 40 miles north of Jacksonville in Southeast Georgia ?v=1″ alt=”On Page 1 you will find a story that details a Minneapolis company’s plans to build a resort about 40 miles north of Jacksonville.” width=”280″ height=”404″ border=”0″ />could add 800 jobs to the local economy.

Nassau County, which would be most directly impacted by the planned adventure resort to be located 25 miles north in Kingsland, is already a tourism destination. About 24 percent of the jobs in the county are leisure and hospitality-related, according to data from JaxUSA Partnership.

While tourism jobs are typically lower paying than other industries, Steve Rieck, the executive director of the Nassau County Economic Development Board, said that the new jobs could help put some in the county back to work.

The unemployment rate in Nassau County, while declining, was still at 7.7 percent, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

Nationally, the amusement park industry provides jobs for more than 100,000 year-round and 500,000 seasonal employees, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.

Amusement parks and attractions also generate $12 billion in revenue and contribute $57 million to the U.S. economy.

To read more about the proposed entertainment and adventure resort, check out the Sept. 28 edition of the Jacksonville Business Journal.

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A Midwestern developer plans to build a more than $100 million entertainment and adventure resort in Kingsland, Ga., 40 miles north of Jacksonville.The 574-acre project, proposed by Minneapolis-based Real Development Corp., is expected to create more than 800 jobs for residents of both Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida when it opens in 2014.Located along Interstate-95, the resort’s entertainment district is expected to attract more than 500,000 visits annually.For more on this story read the Sept. 28 issue of the Jacksonville Business Journal.

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