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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 Mission

The 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