CFRPC received FAPA – Heart of Florida Section Awards of Excellence
The FAPA Heart of Florida Section of the Florida American Planning Association awarded two Awards of Excellence to the Central Florida Regional Planning Council on Friday, February 11, 2011.
Avon Park Air Force
Range Joint Land Use Study
With the
financial support of the Florida Defense Alliance and the Department of
Defense/ Office of Economic Adjustment, the Central Florida Regional Planning
Council conducted a 3-year Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) of the impacts of the
Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) on the surrounding four counties and three
cities and produced the Avon Park Air Force Range Joint Land Use
Study report. The report, in its
entirety, can be found on the CFRPC website at www.cfrpc.org.
Florida’s Statewide
Regional Evacuation Study
This study is a
first time effort of its kind in Florida and in the nation in creating a
statewide standardized study and methodology.
In addition to focusing on hurricane hazards and evacuation, the study
addresses issues concerning other hazards which may warrant an evacuation,
affecting the region. Other hazards addressed are tornadoes, freshwater
flooding, and wildfires. Using the most up to date shelter and state critical
facility data, population data, transportation data and new behavioral survey
data, the Statewide Regional Evacuation Study for the Central Florida Region
will be used in not only emergency management planning, but transportation and
land use planning as well. The study, in its entirety, can be found
on the CFRPC website at www.cfrpc.org.