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Greater Palm River Area Community Plan Adopted
The Board of County Commissioners recently adopted the Greater Plam River Area Community Plan. Seven themes emerged and were used in developing the plan's goals and strategies.
Palm River citizens guided the planning process
The Greater Palm River Area Community Plan was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on June 5, 2008. The process to develop the Plan began with an Open House in March 2006. Staff held 27 Advisory Committee meetings and three Open Houses in the Palm River community. The proposed amendment to the Future Land Use Element will add text in the Community Plan and Special Areas section to include the plan’s vision, goals and strategies, boundary area and associated concept maps.
Through consensus seven themes/issues emerged and were prioritized and used in the development of the plan’s vision statement, concept map, and proposed goals and strategies:
- Infrastructure and Utilities,
- Crime and Public Safety,
- Traffic/Transportation,
- Parks and Recreation,
- Planning and Growth/Economic Development,
- Senior/Social/Health-Medical Services/Schools, and
- Environmental and Natural Resources.
Staff from the Planning Commission, with assistance of the Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Management Department, worked with an Advisory Committee and local residents to develop this Plan. The greater Palm River area community is located adjacent to the City of Tampa, south of State Road 60/Adamo Drive, west of US Highway 301 to McKay Bay, and north of the boundary of the adopted Riverview Community Plan boundary, south of Madison Avenue/Progress Boulevard.
The vision of the plan is graphically represented as a guide to development in the Greater Palm River Area Concept Map. The Community Plan can be viewed on the Planning Commission website at www.planningcommission.org. Please contact Pedro Parra, at (813) 272-5940 ext. 356 or parrap@plancom.org for more information.