The Huntsville City Council on Thursday approved financial incentives for two companies bringing more than 700 jobs to the Rocket City.

The city will provide funding to help with the recruitment, training and relocation of the people who will fill those jobs.

“This is one of the good news stories we like,” Urban and Economic Development Director Shane Davis said. “We do a lot of work in recruiting new corporations to Huntsville, but we love to see the ones who have been here a long time take the opportunity to expand in our city.”

That is the case with the Parsons Corporation and Performance Drones Works LLC, Davis said.

Parsons Corporation is investing $5 million in its expansion that will include the addition of 198 jobs paying a minimum annual salary of $100,559 per job.

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