Pinellas County is a thriving community. The county is home to 35,000 businesses
and has a population of more than 950,000. However, over time, geography and
population growth have combined to produce an unavoidable effect: the
amount of developable vacant land is diminishing throughout Pinellas
County.
The Pinellas community has recognized this shift and embarked on a unique redevelopment strategy to manage population growth, preserve quality of life, and foster business development. The redevelopment plan is helping to preserve greenspace; enhance the quality of downtowns, public parks and recreation facilities; facilitate new construction projects; and renovate older commercial/industrial buildings for a variety of mixed uses.
Redevelopment is crucial to maintaining a vital and healthy economy. Local governments, businesses, and members of the community have united to create a comprehensive redevelopment strategy that will preserve quality of life, foster business expansion and job growth, and create mixed-use development that best utilizes greenspace.
This plan establishes the economic, real estate, and regulatory considerations upon which the recommended strategies for countywide economic development and redevelopment are founded.
For the latest information about Pinellas County's redevelopment efforts,
see the following publications:
