What's New in Our Region

The Southeast Florida Regional Partnership is a growing partnership of public, private, non-profit, and civic stakeholders from the seven-county region of Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River Counties.

This broad-based, multi-sector partnership includes, but is not limited to, private sector partners; water resource, housing, environmental and transportation agencies and organizations; local governments; non-profits; human services funders; community-based and civic organizations; academia and research institutions;  school boards and other educational partners;  economic development organizations. 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Broward County Housing Finance & Community Development, and Hope, Inc. present
Fair Housing 2010: Time to Act, Friday April 16, 2010, Signature Grand, Davie, FL

Florida Communities Trust Announces Dates for
Parks and Open Space Program 2010 Florida Forever Funding Cycle


The Florida Communities Trust Parks and Open Space Program will open its Florida Forever application cycle on March 12, 2010.  Cities, counties, and nonprofit environmental organizations may submit applications through May 26, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. (EST).  Please note that the availability of Florida Forever funds for the upcoming fiscal year is currently unknown and is dependent on legislative appropriation which may occur by the end of the current legislative session on April 30, 2010.

In conjunction with the opening of the 2010 Florida Forever Application cycle, FCT will hold a series of workshops across the state to help our potential applicants navigate the application process.  The workshops are free and no registration is required.  If you have any questions about the 2010 Florida Forever application cycle, please contact us at 850-922-2207.  

For a copy of the FCT-5 grant application or additional information about the FCT program, visit the website at www.floridacommunitiestrust.org.

Hazardous Materials Awareness Week - February 14-20, 2010
Safety in school chemistry labs.

Public Health, Planning, and Smart Growth
Friday, January 15, 2010
Fort Lauderdale Marriott North
6650 N. Andrews Avenue • Fort Lauderd
ale
     GUEST SPEAKER:  Sandra Whitehead, Environmental Health Planner, Florida Department of Health


Margate City Center Small Business Development Plan

Completed in September of 2009, this report was sponsored by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the Margate Community Redevelopment Agency and the South Florida Regional Planning Council to implement the recommendations of the State Road 7/U.S. 441 Charrette and Margate City Center Master Plan.  Working with the City of Margate , Council staff prepared this technical report which outlines the process for the development of a Small Business Incubator and Live-Work Community Land Trust within the City’s Redevelopment Area. 

2009 MatchMaker Conference and Trade Show
November 18-20, 2009 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel Orlando, FL
To help minority, women, and service-disabled veteran enterprises connect with state government spenders, the Office of Supplier Diversity hosts the MatchMaker Conference and Trade Show annually. This year's event will be held November 18-20, 2009 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, FL.



Upcoming event information:

Best Practices for Promotion of Green Development by Local Governments
Miami
City Hall
, Commission Chambers, 3500 Pan American Drive , Miami , FL
Date: 1 October 2009, Thursday 01:00 PM

Bus Shelter Grants Awarded to State Road 7 Collaborative
Council Staff presented the final reimbursement checks to the State Road 7 Collaborative Cities of Margate, Lauderhill, and Lauderdale Lakes.  For more information, click on this link.

MEDWeek 2009
Come and hear how you can prepare your business for projects and financing awards coming to Florida from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Click here for our flyer.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) FREE WORKSHOP
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy invites you to attend this  Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Workshop
       When: Thursday, September 17, 2009
       Where: South Florida Regional Planning Council
       3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 140, Hollywood, Florida
       Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (lunch provided)
For more information, click here.

Participate in DCA's Evaluation and Appraisal Report Survey
The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) wants your opinion on how effective the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) process has been to your community. To complete DCA's short, 20 minute survey, please go to http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/dcp/EAR/index.cfm. Look on the right hand side of the page and click on "EAR Survey," and choose the category that best represents you. If you would prefer a paper copy of the survey or if you have any questions, please contact Walker Banning at walker.banning@dca.state.fl.us or (850) 922-1785. Your opinions and suggestions are important to the Department so please take the time to complete this survey. The deadline is September 15, 2009.


Florida Gold Coast Clean Cities Coalition

     The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in partnership with the
     U.S. Department of Energy invites you to attend this FREE
    
Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Workshop
                     When: Wednesday, September 17, 2009
                     Where: South Florida Regional Planning Council
                     3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 140, Hollywood, Florida
                     Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (lunch provided)

Turkey Point Expansion
Florida Power and Light (FPL) submitted a Site Certification Application to Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on June 30, 2009.  If approved, the application would allow FPL to expand nuclear energy production at its Turkey Point facility in Miami-Dade County.  The proposed project consists of the construction of two new nuclear units, 6 and 7, and supporting facilities, as well as the placement of new transmission lines.  The new units are expected to add approximately, 2,200 megawatts (mW) of electrical generation.

Clean Cities News
2000th E-85 station in the Nation was added on May 28, 2009 in Davie, Florida.


South Florida MED Week
An invitation from the MBDA National Director to attend MED Week 2009


Southeast Florida 2060
   
It’s time for Southeast Florida to move to the next level, to develop a regional mindset that focuses more on how to maximize the commonalities than accentuate the differences.

The South Florida Regional Planning Council, the Center for Environmental and Urban Solutions at FAU, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and the Urban Land Institute SE Florida/Caribbean are working together to design and organize a collaborative process to achieve a regional framework for integrated and unified investment strategies for the future.  

The shifting nature of the global economy is changing the way business is done.  Regions that can’t recognize and adapt to these changes will cease to be economically competitive.  It’s time to broaden the context for the region’s economic competitiveness.  

Learn more at www.southeastflorida2060.org

NEW  Preserving Paradise: SoFlo's Call to Action
The grades are in, and South Florida is headed for a mega-disaster if local governments, businesses, and organizations don’t start working together, according to a biennial regional indicators report from Florida Atlantic University.  

The report suggests that South Florida politicians, civic and business leaders should focus on collaborative projects on transportation, especially funding TriRail and other mass transit; creating synergy rather than competition among the region’s 3 airports and 3 seaports; building on the strengths and improving the weaknesses of our schools, colleges, and universities as a collective whole; and restoring the Everglades to the west and the coastline to the east.

For the full text of the report, visit www.soflo.org


Climate Change
Studies 

Brownfields Redevelopment Workshop
 
Evacuation Studies


UPDATED
Local Emergency Planning Committee, District XI
The LEPC webpages now include information on members, meeting dates, agendas and minutes.  Additional information on training, public notices and contact information is also available.

Monroe County Working Waterfronts
Monroe County is losing recreational and commercial working waterfronts along with public access to the water through the redevelopment of marine facilities, including marinas, boatyards, wet and dry storage, fish houses and commercial fishing vessel dockage.  The Council, in partnership with the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions (CUES) at Florida Atlantic University, has prepared two studies for Monroe County:
       Monroe County Marine Management Strategic Plan
       Monroe County Working Waterfronts

 

Publications

Hurricane Survival Guide for Small Businesses
English Version / Spanish Version / Creole Version 

Eastward Ho! Development Futures:
Paths to More Efficient Growth in Southeast Florida
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a study by Dr. Robert W. Burchell of the Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research, May 1999
Executive Summary
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Building on Success: A Report from Eastward Ho! 

The Geography of Welfare Reform in Southeast Florida
produced in cooperation with the Florida Department of Children & Families (includes a 382KB - PowerPoint Presentation)

 

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Last edited on May 24, 2010