Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

📣 We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming 5th Regional Resiliency Summit! 📣 This event is all about navigating the journey from recovery to resiliency. Join us as we bring together leaders, experts, and community members to explore strategies for building resilience in our region 💪 🗓 May 15 & 16, 2025 📍 Palmetto Marriott Resort Let’s continue building a region of strength and resiliency – because recovery is just the beginning 🙌 Visit our website for more details www.tbrpc.org/summit2025 – we can’t wait to see you there! #ResilientTampaBay #RecoveryToResiliency

If your New Year's resolution is to get more involved in local policy, this is for you! The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council is hosting stakeholder outreach sessions on Zoom once a month for the following sectors from January - April 2025: - Water & Wastewater - Transportation - Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use - Solid Waste & Goods Production - Energy & Industrial Processes Sign up using the calendar link below 👇

👏🙌 We are thrilled to announce that we have received a $2 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to develop a Coastal Master Plan for Tampa Bay 👏🙌 This regional plan will help vulnerable communities build climate resilience and reduce associated flooding by prioritizing adaptation projects, ecosystem restoration, and nature-based solutions 🌱 Visit our website to learn more and for information about the Kick-Off Event on February 21st: https://tbrpc.org/tbcmp/ #coastalmasterplan #floodingadaptation #naturebasedsolutions

💡 Last month, our Director of Resiliency, Cara Woods Serra, AICP, CFM participated in Tampa Bay Times' Spotlight Tampa Bay 💡 This panel was a part of a series of community dialogues moderated by the Times. The panelists discussed how the Tampa Bay region can adapt its infrastructure, enhance emergency response, and mitigate environmental impacts in the face of a changing climate 🌎 Visit our website to learn more about our resiliency work: https://lnkd.in/eGKafV9V

On December 2, The TBRPC and the University of South Florida hosted the Debby, Helene, and Milton: Hurricane Impacts and Recovery Session at the Patel College of Global Sustainability 👩🏫📓 Leaders from across Tampa Bay came together for a series of panel discussions about how the area responded to Debby, Helene, and Milton and how they could be better prepared in the coming years. Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/eFgkUYrr #recovery #resilience #emergencymanagement

🌟🎄 Happy Holidays from TBRPC! 🎄🌟 Wishing you peace, joy, and a resilient new year ahead. May your holiday season be as strong as your emergency preparedness plan 💪🤭 Here's to a bright 2025! 🥂 #HappyHolidays #Resilient2025

Want to share your thoughts on Resilient Land Use in the Tampa Bay region? Link to survey in the comments. Maria Sgambati, M.D. and I co-chair the "Resilient Land Use and Design" working group of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. It was formed with this mission of a "group which includes diverse stakeholders to define best practices and recommendations for community health, resilience, and quality of life." In pursuit of this mission, we'd love to hear from you on a survey to help us define future priorities and participation in this group. If this is meaningful to you, please take 5 minutes to share your insights and express interest in participation in the group and/or one of the three planned subcommittees that will be formed in 2025. These subcommittees will focus on: 1) Built Environment 2) Natural Environment 3) Food Systems

The TBRPC elected new board officers for 2025 who reflect many years of combined public service to the citizens of Tampa Bay 🙌 City of Dunedin Mayor Maureen “Moe” Freaney is the new Chair, Pinellas County Commissioner René Flowers is Vice Chair, and Citrus County Commissioner Rebecca Bays is Secretary/Treasurer. Congratulations! 👏 Read more: https://lnkd.in/er64FqnT

TBRPC is honored to be nominated by The Sustany Foundation for its Sustainable Business Awards! 🌿🏆

📣 Join our awesome team! 📣 We're hiring for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst to provide innovative GIS analysis and data visualization and to support TBRPC’s GIS program with database development, maintenance, technical support and meeting facilitation. The position will close on December 31, 2024. Visit our website to apply: tbrpc.org/careers/ #hiring