Celebrating 50 Years

The Central Florida Regional Planning Council was officially created in July, 1974.  The five Counties of DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee and Polk entered into Interlocal Agreements with the State of Florida to create the seventh region in Florida.  Our mission is to provide support, planning, and programs to serve the citizens, cities, and counties of our region. Over the past 50 years, we have provided planning advisory services and programs to all five counties and 25 cities of the region.   Our services are diverse and include economic development strategic planning, emergency preparedness planning, transportation planning, intergovernmental coordination, coordinating regulations for large-scale developments, community visioning, and a wide variety of grant writing and grant management activities.  We are proud to provide opportunities for public participation in government at all levels.  The Central Florida Regional Planning Council takes pride in serving as a forum for leaders and residents of the region to discuss issues, solve problems, develop programs, and build consensus, in order to improve our communities.

The Central Florida Regional Planning Council has served as a forum where leaders from counties, cities, and gubernatorial appointees from the region discuss complex issues, provide solutions to common problems, develop strategic regional programs, and build consensus to support the improvement of the region.