Great news for the Central Florida region!!! The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council has received a 2.4 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) please see below the official press release and visit www.ecfrpc.org for more information.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL RECEIVES $2.4 MILLION HUD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator of the Southeast, Ed Jennings Jr., yesterday awarded the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council a $2.4 million HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant to develop transit around East Central Florida’s SunRail stations.
The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council accepts the award on behalf of the East Central Florida Sustainable Communities Consortium, a partnership of local governments, private developers, educational institutions, and non-profit agencies. The Consortium will use the grant funding to prepare for development around the future station locations for the SunRail commuter rail system, scheduled to begin operation in 2014.
Commissioner Cheryl L. Grieb, Chair of the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC), accepted the $2.4 million check from HUD at Monday’s award ceremony on behalf of the ECFRPC and the ECF Sustainable Communities Consortium. “SunRail represents a historic opportunity to transform growth patterns around the stations to attract high-quality, higher-paying jobs and to provide residents the opportunity to access these jobs using public transit. The grant funding will support detailed station area planning for six of the 12 Phase I SunRail stations, affordable housing assessments for all 12 station areas, and regional collaboration to share best practices and to guide future transit planning in East Central Florida” said Grieb.
Out of 468 applications, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council was 1 of 56 selected grantees from around the United States. This grant is part of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which represents an association between HUD, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that the agencies’ policies, programs, and funding consider affordable housing, transportation, and environmental protection together.
The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council was established in 1962 as an area-wide association of local governments serving the six counties of Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia. The ECFRPC is one of 11 regional planning councils mandated by the Florida Legislature under the authority of Chapter 186, Florida Statutes. The Council provides a forum where members and leaders can discuss complex regional issues and set regional goals and objectives.
Members of the East Central Florida Sustainable Communities Consortium:
• East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
• Brevard County
• Lake County
• Orange County
• Osceola County
• Seminole County
• Volusia County
• City of Daytona Beach
• City of DeBary
• City of Deltona
• City of Longwood
• City of Orlando
• City of Palm Bay
• City of Sanford
• Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX)
• FDOT (District 5)
• Lake-Sumter MPO
• METROPLAN ORLANDO
• Space Coast TPO
• Volusia TPO
• Creative Village Development, LLC
• Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida
• Nonprofit Housing Roundtable of Central Florida
• Orlando Health
• Health Council of East Central Florida
• myregion.org
• Urban Land Institute (ULI)
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