On this Heard in Central Florida, you’ll hear a gavel to gavel presentation by two local subject matter experts on the issue of Innovation -The Future of Regional Economic Development.
Both Oviedo and Winter Springs, two adjoining cities in south east Seminole County, Florida are facing extraordinary budget challenges that accompany the nation’s “Great Recession.” But what about tomorrow? What does the future hold for the area? Are there steps citizens, elected officials, business owners, and chamber members should be taking today to help assure vibrant economic development tomorrow?
John M. Jones, a senior economic development planner with Land Design Innovations, Inc. and Jim Spaeth, president of Remora Partners, will address those questions in a 33-minute presentation.
Feature Length — 52:20
Key Participants and Bios
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Jim Spaeth
Remora Partners, President
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John M. Jones
Land Design Innovations, Inc., Senior Planner
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Event Sponsor
Mary Alice Wilder (front row center holding picture) |
Additional Participants
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Cynthia Sucher
Chamber Board President, and Associate Vice President for Community Relations at University of Central Florida
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Cory Skeates
Executive Director, Oviedo Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce
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Student and Teacher of the Month
Relevant External Links on Subjects Addressed by Program Speakers
Jim Spaeth, Remora Partners (in order of reference)
- Sean M. Snaith, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Economic Competitiveness within the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida
- The Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) at the University of Florida
- Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
- Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City?
- University of Central Florida’s Office of Research & Commercialization
- Robert Putnam, Social Capital (Wikipedia)
- Orlando Sentinel article – Osceola seeks approval for new city of 30,000 homes
- UCF – Business Incubation Program
- Michael E. Porter, on “Clusters and Cluster Development”
- Full Sail University
- Florida Solar Energy Center
- Arizona State University
- City of Austin, Texas
- City of San Diego, CA
- Avalon Park
- Seminole County Parks and Recreation department
- Seminole Way
John M. Jones, Land Design Innovations (in order of reference)
- Seminole County Government
- Seminole State College
- UCF – Business Incubation Program
- Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
- Enterprise Florida
- Oviedo Marketplace (mall)
- Business Survey – City of Oviedo
- Business Survey – City of Winter Springs
- State of Florida - Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program (QTI).
Additional Useful Links
Pictures
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Additional Event Information
The Thursday, February 18, 2010 presentation, sponsored by the Krewe of Leaders, drew an overflow crowd of 140 Chamber members and guests for lunch at the Tuscawilla Country Club in Winter Springs.
Jim Spaeth of Remora Partners addresses key issues under the theme – The University Corridor: Achieving Prosperity in the Innovation Economy. Those issues include an explanation of the differences between the old and new economy, the components of an innovation ecosystem, the economic characteristics of the University of Central Florida corridor area, and the challenges and concerns confronting the corridor.
John M. Jones of Land Design Innovations offers remarks under the theme – Making State Road 417 the Next Technology Hot Spot. Jones discusses the scope of the consultancy with the cities of Oviedo and Winter Springs, noting the accomplishments to be achieved: establishing each city as a “quality place,” the creation or maintenance of economic partnerships, the identification of targeted industries for the area, and the identified sites for their location. He closes with a review of economic projects currently underway
As you listen to this presentation, please note that this Heard in Central Florida webpage offers you relevant and helpful information regarding the principal speakers plus links to external websites providing you useful information to the subjects addressed by each speaker.
In that regard, each speaker used a graphic presentation to focus their remarks. We have included a downloadable copy of each speaker’s graphics in a PDF format. You are encouraged to view those pages during their remarks, paying careful attention to the corresponding page number provided in the voice narrative.
Additionally, there are pictures of the event provided by chamber member, Charles Wells Photography. The Heard in Central Florida site also offers an on-line comment section, and the ability to email a link to the site to anyone interested in the subject matter.
After the remarks, Cory Skeates, executive director of the chamber, calls upon chamber members to recognize the student and teacher of the month and the Krewe of Leaders briefly honors a group of local citizen advocates for their work in the community. These concluding segments total an additional 11 minutes.
