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Welcome
Smart Planning for a Green Future
Conference & Expo
Tom Beck, Division Director with the
Department of Economic Opportunity
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(President & CEO)
Agency Composition
Department of
Community Affairs
Agency for Workforce Innovation
Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
Development
Department of
Economic Opportunity
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Our Vision and MissionThe Florida Department of Economic Opportunity promotes economic opportunities for all Floridians through successful workforce, community, and economic development strategies.
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Workforce Florida
Housing Finance Corporation
Unemployment Compensation
Appeals Commission
DEO Executive Director
Workforce Services
Community Development
Enterprise Florida
Strategic Business Development
DEO Organization and Partnerships
Housing and Community
Development
Economic Development
Community Planning
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Division of Strategic Business Development
Intergovernmental planning for economic development strategiesEconomic development project facilitation and support•Intergovernmental Project
Teams• Support for Florida’s
economic development partnerships
Incentive and grant performance measurement
Office of Film & Entertainment• Project recruitment and
facilitation•Incentive administration
Division of Community Development
Rural and urban small business assistance and economic development
Community planning Grants• Infrastructure• Economic development• Housing rehabilitation• Revitalization
Assistance programs for low-income Floridians
Division of Workforce Services
Workforce program development and guidance, oversight, training, and federal technical assistanceLabor market information• Produces, analyzes and
distributes labor statistics
Unemployment compensation services• Provides temporary
wage replacement benefits to qualified individuals who are out of work through no fault of their own
DEO’s Business Lines
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Highlights
• Unemployment Numbers have Decreased
• Numbers of Jobs Created Increases over the Past Year
• DEO’s Workforce Services - Developed Green Job Portal
• Strike Team Concept Implementation
• Space Florida Visioning and Redevelopment Plan
• Florida’s 2012-2017 Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development
• Rural Economic Development and Tourism Summit
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Some Statistics • Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February 2012 was 9.4 percent, down from 11.1 percent in December 2010.
• State’s unemployment claims have decreased from 730,000 to 346,000 since February 2010.
• The number of new jobs created since January 2011 is nearly 70,000.
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DEO’s Mean Green Team • A Labor Market team within DEO’s Workforce Services, the “Mean Green Team”, have enhanced the services available through Florida’s online job portal.
• Florida’s online job portal allows for employers to identify their job opening as being a green job, and allows applicants to search for green job openings by keyword and by area.
• Job Portal is available on Employ Florida.com
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Strike Teams
• Reshaping Florida’s Economic Development Initiatives• Tailored to the Specific Community Needs• Appropriate Staff With Local Government• Intra-Agency & Inter-Agency Teams
• DEO Block Grants• DEO Community Planning• DEO Rural Grants• DEO Technical Assistance• DEO Strategic Business• Enterprise Florida• Workforce Florida• REDI – Multi-agency Initiative
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Strike Team ExamplesDEO Visited with the Following Communities to Address Community Needs & Economic Development
• Port St. Joe – Port Economic Development & Potable Waterline Replacement
• Madison County – Economic Development Marketing & Enterprise Zone Issues
• Columbia County – Rail Spur Permitting on Catalyst Site
• Suwannee County – Recruiting a Manufacturing Company to a Catalyst Site
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Kennedy Space CenterPlanning for Redevelopment
• State Agencies, including DEO and DOT, collaborated with NASA on a joint planning effort for the reuse and redevelopment of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
• The final report was presented in December 2011 to headquarters in Washington, D.C. to receive approval of the future development concept.
• In 2012, KSC and NASA will begin implementing the final development concept and preparing the master plan for KSC, to be finalized in early 2013.
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• Completed the statewide series of 11 Regional Forums to gather strategies and recommendations from local stakeholders for the creation of the Strategic Plan
•More than 1,000 workforce partners from the public and private sectors attended meetings from the Panhandle to Miami
• Feedback from the meetings will be used to enhance Florida’s 5-year Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development
Florida’s 2012-2017 Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development
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Rural Economic Development & Tourism Summit
• DEO held one of the statewide regional forums the day before the Summit, gathering input from the rural communities regarding Florida’s 2012-2017 Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development.
• DEO participated in the Rural Economic Development and Tourism Summit, held by Opportunity Florida in March 2012.
• DEO has more than 30 Programs & Initiatives that Provide Funding, Incentives, & Technical Assistance to Rural Communities.
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Rural Specific Technical Assistance
• Rural Areas of Critical Economic Concern (RACEC)
• Four Catalyst Sites• Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI)
• Florida Resource Directory
For More Information on the Rural Assistance Programs http://www.floridajobs.org/community-planning-and-development/programs/technical-assistance
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Thank You