Your regional resource

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Your regional resource

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Who We Are

• Created locally in 1964

• 11 RPC’s in the state (since 1986)

• Provide regional coordination & support on issues of growth management

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What We Do

• Transportation Planning

• Housing Assistance

• Environmental Education

• Land Use Planning

• Economic Development

• Hazardous Materials, Homeland Security & Mitigation Strategies

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How We Support

• Local – Leveraging Resources

• State – Intergovernmental Coordination

• Long Term – Regional Repository for Growth Issues (20+ years and counting)

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Notable Programs – Transportation Division

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Notable Programs – Comp. Planning Division

Bay Area Resource CouncilResource RangersWatershed Tours

Hazards AnalysisLocal Emergency Planning Comm.Domestic Security Task Force Ex’s

Local Mitigation StrategiesHazardous Materials Training

Hurricane Housing Recovery ProgramState Housing Incentive Program

Emergency Repair Program

Comp. Plan AmendmentsDevelopments of Regional Impact

Proportionate Share IssuesComp. Economic Dev. Strategy (CEDS)

EDA GrantsLocal Government Visioning

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Notable Programs - PCP

• Partnership for Community Programs– Non-profit created to support local

governments with their growth issues.

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Recent Projects

• EDA - Santa Rosa Industrial Park, Holt Water Tower, Ellyson Industrial Park, Sacred Heart Infrastructure, Gulf Coast Community College, NFCU, Crestview Aerospace

• Visioning:Towns of Ebro, Wausau, Vernon, and Jay

• EARs for Gulf Breeze, Defuniak Springs, Laurel Hill

• Fiscal Impact Assessment Model (FIAM)

• REMI, Neighborhood America, Paint the Region

• CEMPs & Terrorism Annexes

• Grant Writing, CDBGs

• Sustainable Emerald Coast

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Questions?