Regional Resolves

With the help of myregion.org, Central Florida’s public, private and civic leaders have built the framework for our community’s future. Now, we will build on that framework a community that is globally competitive in the new international marketplace and a community that offers an outstanding quality of life unmatched in the world. We will build a region where citizens young and old have the resources and opportunity to reach their full potential – a community where we all want to live, work and play.

To accomplish this lofty but critical goal, the leadership of myregion.org commits to and supports these ten Regional Resolves:

1 – Regional Leadership
We resolve to create a Regional Leadership Network as a basic tool for organizing and mobilizing the region’s leaders to develop and implement the initiatives outlined in the SourceBook and those identified in future planning. This network will include representation from the following sectors:

     Regional Congress of Government – Key public officials
     Regional Business Council - Leaders of the 100 largest businesses
     Regional Alliance of Community Organizations - Key civic leaders

2 – Research Corridor
Recognizing the success of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, we resolve to expand the research corridor to maximize the potential synergies between the region’s public, private and institutional research organizations. In addition to current efforts in technology research, this corridor should focus additional efforts on the region’s unique niches in the aerospace and marine industries and other emerging technologies.

3 – Regional Transportation Organization
Recognizing the success of the current Central Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Alliance, we resolve to create a regional transportation organization to plan and advocate current and future regional transportation across all five modes including road, rail, water, air and space.

4 – Regional Economic Development
We resolve to support the development of a comprehensive and integrated seven-county economic development strategy that will strengthen and expand existing businesses, actively seek to attract quality new businesses, and support the creation of new businesses through entrepreneurial initiatives. Two important components of this strategy are the development of the world-class Disney/SBA National Entrepreneur Center and the creation of a venture capital pool.

5 – Environmental Assets
We resolve to develop a strategy to effectively weave together Central Florida’s environmental and urban systems to sustain and protect a region of exceptional natural resources This will require recognition of the international significance and biological diversity of our region’s unique environmental assets.

6 – Regional Concurrency Standards
We resolve to create a regional planning organization with authority to develop and implement regional concurrency standards to ensure that growth in one county or municipality does not adversely impact another county or municipality.