Today, in a unanimous show of support, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council approved the second of a three-year commitment to myregion.org. The ECFRPC acts on behalf of six of the counties participating in the regional development program (Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia) as well as the Canaveral Port Authority. In a stellar example of public/private partnerships, the governments contribute $900,000 in both in-kind and direct support and more than $1 million are being contributed in private donations.

The second year of the project will focus on four critical steps: completion of the information gathering stage, analysis of the data collected, exploration of the opportunities and threats we face as a region, and the drawing of conclusions on ways for Central Florida to be globally competitive in the 21st Century. Over the next twelve months, the Executive Committee and Leadership Council, with assistance from the CEO Roundtable, will be working diligently through these steps with the project consultant, Michael Gallis.