Welcome 1 Smart Planning for a Green Future Conference & Expo

Tom Beck, Division Director with the Department of Economic Opportunity

3 (President & CEO) Agency Composition Department of Community Affairs Agency for Workforce Innovation Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development Department of Economic Opportunity

4 Our Vision and Mission The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity promotes economic opportunities for all Floridians through successful workforce, community, and economic development strategies.

5 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

6 DEO’s Business Lines

7 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 Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development Rural Economic Development and Tourism Summit

Some Statistics Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February 2012 was 9.4 percent, down from 11.1 percent in December State’s unemployment claims have decreased from 730,000 to 346,000 since February The number of new jobs created since January 2011 is nearly 70,000. 8

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 9

Strike Teams Reshaping Florida’s Economic Development Initiatives Tailored to the Specific Community Needs Appropriate Staff With Local Government Intra-Agency & Inter-Agency Teams 10 DEO Block Grants DEO Community Planning DEO Rural Grants DEO Technical Assistance DEO Strategic Business Enterprise Florida Workforce Florida REDI – Multi-agency Initiative

11 Strike Team Examples DEO 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

Kennedy Space Center Planning for Redevelopment 12 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.

13 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 Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development

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 Statewide Strategic Plan for Economic Development. DEO participated in the Rural Economic Development and Tourism Summit, held by Opportunity Florida in March DEO has more than 30 Programs & Initiatives that Provide Funding, Incentives, & Technical Assistance to Rural Communities. 14

Rural Specific Technical Assistance Rural Areas of Critical Economic Concern (RACEC) Four Catalyst Sites Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) Florida Resource Directory 15 For More Information on the Rural Assistance Programs development/programs/technical-assistance development/programs/technical-assistance

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