Category: News
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A vision for Tampa’s future is crystallizing
July 2022 – A vision for the City of Tampa’s future is crystallizing in the latest update to the Tampa Comprehensive Plan. Thanks to your participation, the joint Planning Commission and City of Tampa project team has collected over 700 surveys with more than 1500 comments about the most important issues and planning ideas the […]
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Updates are coming to the Capital Improvements Section of the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan
July 2022 – The Capital Improvements Section, a component of the overall Unincorporated Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan update, is moving forward as part of the July cycle of plan amendments. The Capital Improvements Section serves to update the Capital Improvements Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The Section will continue to provide a framework using the […]
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Single-family home price per square foot started growing in earnest in 2012
July 2022 – Changes in housing prices are a perennial topic of discussion in Florida[i]. Lately, there has also been a preoccupation with inflation locally and nationally[ii]. Typically, when discussed in the press, changes in housing prices are for large regions (e.g., Tampa Bay, Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Hillsborough County) and calculated using […]
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New projects in “The Works!”
July 2022 – The TPO kicked off a new fiscal year July 1, with a list of planning projects for the next two years in its new Unified Planning Work Program. Updated biennially, the Work Program outlines major planning tasks for the agency from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024. This latest update supports […]
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Tri-county rideshare service to be reinstated with state grant
July 2022 – The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) will receive $1 million from the Florida Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged to launch a tri-county rideshare service for transportation disadvantaged individuals. The PSTA won the award with support from the Hillsborough TPO and Pasco County MPO. With the award, the PSTA will establish the once discontinued […]
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Tampa Bay regional transportation surveys launching in August
July 2022 – The Hillsborough TPO is partnering with four other metropolitan planning organizations and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7 to launch surveys that will provide information to help build the Tampa Bay Regional Demand Model and the 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The survey effort involves an employer questionnaire that […]
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Freshwater is a lifeline for the Lower Hillsborough River
July 2022 – By definition, a river is a freshwater body flowing into a large water body such as a saltwater sea, ocean, gulf or bay. If you cut off this freshwater flow, the saltwater connection moves in, dramatically changing the ecosystem. Maintaining this flow of freshwater ensures a balanced habitat and estuary environment that […]
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Connections to Tomorrow – July 2022
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FLiP 2022 inspires future planners!
June 2022 – Our Future Leaders in Planning (FLiP) summer student leadership development program returned after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Designed as an opportunity to introduce high school students to urban planning as a potential career, FLiP 2022, a four-day intensive program, welcomed high school students from throughout Hillsborough County on May […]
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1 Minute Matters video series now available in Spanish
June 2022 – From missing middle housing to creating safe places to bike, walk and take public transportation, our educational video series released in 2021 looks at how we can accommodate the rapid growth coming to Hillsborough County in smart, sustainable ways. The series has now been reproduced in Spanish to make these important planning […]
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Join a dynamic planning team!
June 2022 – We’re looking for a Senior Planner to join the Strategic Planning, Environmental, and Research Division (SPEAR) at the Planning Commission. Apply by June 30 on the Hillsborough County website. Learn more and apply
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Thank you for participating in the Vision Survey for Tampa’s future!
June 2022 – Like its name foretells, the Vision Section of a Comprehensive Plan lays out a community-derived picture of the future for an area. Building on previous outreach, we asked the City of Tampa’s community to share their ideas. What do you want the future to look like? How can we get there? What […]
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Commercial Locational Criteria Study will hold an additional public meeting in July
June 2022 – Should the County allow commercial and other non-residential activities near neighborhoods? We want your thoughts on locating stores and other non-residential development near people’s homes in Unincorporated Hillsborough County. Join us for our fourth Virtual Community Meeting on Thursday, July 14 at 6 pm to weigh in. Register here. The purpose of this […]
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TPO approves five-year Transportation Improvement Program
June 2022 – The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) approved the 2022 update of its Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), a five-year plan that included $4.2 billion in funding for local transportation projects. Held on June 8, 2022, the three-hour-long public hearing included funding recommendations for projects such as the widening of US 92 at McIntosh […]
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New study looks at how we can improve school transportation safety
June 2022 – The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) partnered with the City of Tampa to work on a new School Transportation Safety Study. To get started, Hillsborough County Public Schools and the TPO invited all parents and guardians to participate in the 2022 Getting Students to School Survey. The group also sent a Principals Survey […]