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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 Lauderdale
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
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