Resolution 2016-024 (CRA) CRA RESOLUTION NO. 2016 - 24
A RESOLUTION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY COMMUNITY
REDVELOPMENT AGENCY SUPPORTING THE RURAL
PROMISE ZONE APPLICATION FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency has been advised that
the Promise Zone Designation is intended to help distressed areas address the needs of its
residents by bringing priority access to federal investments and technical assistance to further
strategic plans, federal staff to help implement goals, and AmeriCorps VISTA members to
recruit and manage volunteers and strengthen the capacity of the Promise Zone initiatives; and
WHEREAS, the unincorporated, rural community of Immokalee had an average poverty
rate of 43.3% for the period of 2010-2014, according to the American Community Survey; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Redevelopment Agency recognizes that residents of
Immokalee and the surrounding rural area would benefit from new jobs, increased economic
activity, improved education opportunities,private investment, and reduced crime: and
WHEREAS,the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council seeks to partner with Collier
County, Glades County and Hendry County to apply for a Rural Promise Zone Designation to
bring these benefits to southwest Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners supports the Southwest Florida Rural Promise Zone Designation Application,
and hereby commits to being an implementation partner to support and implement the Strategic
Plan for the Promise Zone. •
THIS RESOULTION DULY ADOPTED after motion, second and majority vote on this 9th
day of February,2016, by the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency.
ATTEST: THE COLLIER COUNTY COMMUNITY
DWIGHT E. BROCK, CLERK REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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