The mayor of the City of Newberry said a private agricultural-technology company has chosen Newberry for its first facility in a planned 10-site rollout, praising local support and potential economic benefits for residents and youth.

"Well, certainly as the mayor, this is a very exciting time, to be here in Newberry," the mayor said, saying the project fulfils a vision the commission had pursued with the city's economic development team. A company representative said the firm "chose Newberry" after evaluating communities across Florida and described the site as "our first out of 10." "We've been going around Florida looking for the right community to build our first facility, as I mentioned before, our first out of 10," the representative said.

A project representative described partnerships that will support the venture, saying the company is working with Harvest Singularity and the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) to "bring new technologies" to the city and to cooperate with scientists and educators. "So they've been working with Harvest Singularity and other industries to bring them to the city to cooperate with the scientists and the educators in, the at the University of Florida at NIFAS, but to build out this ecosystem," the project representative said.

City officials and company speakers emphasized local opportunity but did not specify project size, employment numbers, timelines, funding sources or land use approvals. The company representative said the project "will give a lot of opportunities of growth for individuals in Newberry and the surrounding areas," and the mayor said she looked forward to community and youth benefits as the project begins.

No formal motions, votes or funding commitments were recorded in the remarks provided. City officials indicated a cooperative relationship with the private partners but offered no additional operational details during the remarks. The next procedural steps and public approvals were not specified in the transcript.