Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark

American U.S. Veterans to get to Manufacturing Jobs.

Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark (CBCB) is participating as a business intermediary to help Andy Pope launch his manufacturing business named "Helping Hands for Wounded Veterans, L.L.C.. CBCB is seeking financial equity for this new manufacturing business which its for sole purposes is to hire USA Veterans.

Andy has written in his white paper about the Veterans’ issues.  ” THE PROBLEM: In the areas around Jacksonville, a large number of veterans may be lacking the skills and experience needed to pursue successful employment, and the reported unemployment rate is significantly above the national average for veterans.  In addition, there are over 25,000 severely wounded veterans living in VA hospitals and convalescent homes with no hope of living outside these walls.  The soldiers will have a chance with the VA Manufacturing’s company program.”

The Federal government 's Veterans’ Affairs has been improving the post war care for the warriors returning from the Middle East for the last ten plus years of continuous fighting.  However, these veterans face daunting challenges. Released from service and separated from the close unit cohesion that sustained them, they must deal with psychological trauma, difficulty-finding employment due to their disabilities, and the associated stress to support their families.  Government and foundation data starkly illustrate the high-incidence of unemployment, suicide, homelessness, broken marriages and alcoholism for the general veteran population.

The physical setup of the proposed manufacturing center consists of four separate but contiguous spaces.

1.)  Basic manufacturing facility of approximately 15,000 - 20,000 square feet already identified in Jacksonville.

2.)  “On-the-job” manufacturing facility including an additional square feet and housing advanced manufacturing and machining systems.

3.)  Administrative Support Facility will include approximately 3000 square feet of office, conference and social spaces for program administration, academic and psychological counseling, tutoring, peer-to-peer support and other services.

Andy Pope has traveled the country and has gathered letters of intent for commitments for millions’ of dollars of Manufacturing purchase orders for the tier two contractual work for the new manufacturing company.

CBCB is responsible to target an Active-Working equity partner to assist in the ramp up the Veterans' Manufacturing business plan.  The target investment will be $500,000 to $750,000.  The funds are needed to build out the manufacturing plant’s improvements, lease C.N.C. Equipment, and provide the needed startup working capital for the newly signed manufacturing parts purchase orders.

Please contact:

A.John Richwine CCIM

Business Intermediary

904-421-8544

Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark
Jacksonville, Fl