2.4 Competitive Sites The Hillsborough County Competitive Sites Program (Figure 11) is an initiative of the Hillsborough County Economic Development Department to attract industrial or office development to meet the County’s e conomic development objectives. Site selection includes an attribute analysis of Planned Developments (PD), Developments of Regional Impact (DRI) and land zoned for manufacturing. Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in the study area that coincide with Competitive Sites include DRI #145 Southbend, DRI #194 DG Farms, DR #249
South Shore Corporate Park, and DRI #266 Waterset. Factors for designation of Competitive Sites include: Land use Zoning Site acreage Development entitlements Supporting infrastructure
Figure 11. Competitive sites map Source: Hillsborough County - Investment Considerations for Future Growth, 2018
2.5 Schools The Hillsborough County Public Schools Long Range School Planning Study identifies school capacity that is available for South County and how that capacity is distributed (Appendix D). The study South County as having the largest need for school capacity. The study evaluated two scenarios, minimum and reasonable, to forecast the number of new schools needed based on a set of identified assumptions, current available capacity, and projected students. Under the minimum scenario (schools at 200% capacity, heavy portable usage, frequent redistricting, potential concurrency mitigation, and operational changes), South County needed 20 new
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