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38th Annual Planning & Design Awards winners announced! |
Presented by TECO with our marketing partner, the Tampa Bay Times, our first-ever virtual Planning & Design Awards program with host Brendan McLaughlin premiered on Tuesday, October 27 at 5 p.m. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Congratulations Katrina & Jennifer! |
Please join us in congratulating Katrina Corcoran, AICP and Jennifer Malone, AICP on their recent election to the Executive Committee of the Sun Coast Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association. Katrina is Chair-Elect and Jennifer is the Hillsborough Area Director. Katrina will become the Sun Coast Chair in September 2021. |
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City of Tampa launches neighborhood commercial district planning program with Plan Hillsborough support |
The City of Tampa's new program will help improve the quality of the City's neighborhood commercial district. With support from Plan Hillsborough, the City's planning department will work closely with neighborhood community groups to build upon and strengthen each district’s unique identity.
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Our meetings will continue to be accessible online in November |
The Governor has not extended his executive order for virtual meetings past October. Plan Hillsborough is working out the details to allow for a quorum of our boards and committees to meet in person, socially distanced with masks. We will continue to televise and live-stream meetings online as we have since March. In-person attendance will be limited to board or committee members. We look forward to seeing and hearing you virtually!
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Meet the Plan Hillsborough Staff
Each month we feature two staff members highlighting how each contributes to our team
as we work together, with you, towards a thriving future.
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land use and comprehensive planning
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South County: Two more chances to give your two cents on these two plans! |
The Wimauma Land Use Study and the Residential Planned-2 Land Use Study will be holding both virtual and in-person open houses to present their final recommendations and to encourage feedback from the public. Participants of the in-person open houses will be required to wear masks and maintain social distancing.
Watch the videos below for a quick overview of each study.
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Wimauma Village Residential-2 (WVR-2) Land Use Study and Community Plan Update
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Residential Planned-2 (RP-2)
Land Use Study
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Planning Commission digs up historical archives for American Archives Month |
As part of the celebration of American Archives month, we gathered items from our archives, and elsewhere, to showcase the importance archives have in preserving and documenting our collective memory. The items presented document the history of planning in Hillsborough County, inform how we remember the past, and how the past informs the present. Many of our most vexing planning challenges were being contemplated 70+ years ago.
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transportation connections & planning
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Vision Zero Hillsborough to honor victims and families in a Mourning of Remembrance
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Join representatives from Vision Zero Hillsborough, City of Tampa, and Pinellas County on Sunday, November 15 at 9:00 a.m. at Ben T. Davis Beach, located at 7740 W. Courtney Campbell Causeway for a Mourning of Remembrance as they honor the 2020 victims and families of traffic violence.
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3rd Annual Gulf Coast Safe Streets Summit to be held virtually |
Sarasota/Manatee MPO is hosting the region's 3rd Annual Gulf Coast Safe Streets Summit November 16 – 19, 2020. The event will be held virtually for the first time due to the pandemic. The summit is is a collaboration of six MPOs -- Hernando/Citrus, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota/Manatee – and the Florida Department of Transportation. This year’s program includes remarks from Hillsborough MPO Vice Chair Pat Kemp, Palmetto Mayor Shirley Groover Bryant, and a keynote by TEDx speaker and communications expert Jan Spence. Breakthrough projects from around the region and state include Hillsborough MPO’s Speed Management Action Plan, to be presented by Executive Planner Gena Torres. Six awards will be given for outstanding work. Who will receive the “Vision Zero Hero” or “Bob the Builder” award from Hillsborough? Stay tuned!
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Planning for Resilient Transportation |
Allison Yeh, AICP, LEED GA, Executive Planner, recently participated on a panel for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Puerto Rico and US Virgin Island Resilience and Planning Peer Exchange Webinar Series. She shared the Hillsborough MPO’s experience on the Resilient Tampa Bay Transportation Pilot project completed in June of this year.
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It's All Love Rideout in Cycling |
A new pro-bicycle movement called All Love Rideout is taking the Tampa Bay area by storm. Love, health, and community are the group’s primary values as they encourage new riders, youth, women, and people from all walks of life to take to the streets together on bikes.
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Hillsborough River planning
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USF studies plastic pollution in the Hillsborough River |
Plastics are everywhere in the environment and pose a serious threat to natural systems and wildlife. In rivers, plastic breaks down into smaller parts but doesn’t decompose, making it a conduit, collector, and source of pollution.
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Plan Hillsborough in the news |
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Publications from Plan Hillsborough and its agencies are always associated with an email address ending in: @plancom.org
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