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Cindy Margiotta
Pinellas County Economic Development
13805 58th St, N, Clearwater, FL 33760
Phone: (727) 464-7332
Email:cmargiotta@pinellascounty.org |
 Pinellas By Design Pinellas By Design: An Economic Development and Redevelopment Plan, is the county's redevelopment strategy to foster business development, while managing population growth and preserving our quality of life.See the Progress Report or for detailed information on the five year planning process, including community input, analysis, and related studies go to www.pinellasbydesign.org.
To ensure we preserve and expand the potential for high-wage job creation, the County and its partners are using:
High Speed Rail
Florida has been awarded $1.25 billion to start construction of the nation's first High Speed Rail. The Tampa to Orlando segment is scheduled to be operation in 2015. See Florida High Speed Rail
Pinellas County Alternatives Analysis (AA)
A $4 million Alternative Analysis is expected to be complete in 2011. An AA is an independent and extensive evaluation of local transit corridors that will help us determine the placement and type of transit options that are most suitable for Pinellas County, and that qualify for federal funding. The corridors to be reviewed are:
Pinellas County Transportation Task Force
The Transportation Task Force is focusing on ways to capitalize on transportation investments and opportunities. Members are working with area planning and transit agencies to formulate practical and fiscally sound transportation recommendations.
Pinellas County MPO
Tampa Bay Region
The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA) was created by the Florida State Legislature in 2007 to develop and implement a Regional Transportation Master Plan for the seven-county West Central Florida region consisting of Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota Counties.
Transit Oriented Development
Future Land Use
Already in place are new future land use categories, which are designed to allow local governments flexibility in planning for redevelopment through special area plans in Residential, Mixed Use, Commercial and Industrial categories.
Livable Communities
Pinellas County has also approved a set of Livable Community Policies and Codes designed to create urban environments where walking, bicycling and transit service is safe, comfortable and efficient and where the physical environment offers an interesting and unique experience from the standpoint of street, land and building design. Another key aspect of livable communities is the mixing of land uses which allows people to live closer to their points of destination such as shopping and work locations.
Comprehensive Planning
An Economic Development Element for the County’s Comprehensive Plan was adopted. This allowed many of the principles of Pinellas By Design and its related studies to be codified.
Long term planning continues on two major redevelopment projects which will provide three million square feet of office and industrial space for future generations of business.
Toytown is a county owned 240-acre historic landfill in mid-county with excellent interstate access. Florida Gateway Development LLC plans to create 2 million square feet of office space; 1.5 million square feet of retail; 375 hotel rooms with 50,000 square feet of meeting and convention space; and a residential village with a workforce housing component. Importantly, the proposal also includes 70 acres of new parks and recreation facilities.
Airco is a county-owned Airco Golf Course and its 123 acres are planned to be sued for for aviation, office, industrial and hotel uses. |
