CFRPC RECEIVES $1.4 MILLION HUD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT

FOR HEARTLAND 2060 CONSORTIUM

The Heartland 2060 Consortium includes six predominantly rural counties including DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee; and the Archbold Biological Station; Florida’s Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative (FHREDI); Heartland Workforce; Sebring Airport Authority, and the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida.

Funding from HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program will enable the completion of the Heartland 2060 visioning effort and development of a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development (RPSD). Creation of the RPSD will include Scenario Modeling of future growth alternatives; Public Involvement throughout each County; Energy Baseline and Modeling of the Region’s current energy footprint; Rural Housing Initiatives including a GIS- based inventory of available affordable housing lots and an affordable housing model methodology for rural areas; and an Economic Strategic Plan for Alternate Fuel Development to be created in collaboration with a Department of Energy grant funded program in Hendry County.

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