Community Facilities The Palm River Redevelopment Area includes several community facilities within the redevelopment area boundary which includes schools, parks, and emergency management/police/fire. The current community facilities in the redevelopment area are identified in Figure 3 . The area contains two elementary schools, one middle school, one fire station, and two parks: Causeway Park and Simmons Bowers Park. The two elementary schools located in the redevelopment area are Bing Elementary and Frost Elementary. The sole middle school in the redevelopment area is Giunta Middle School. Bing Elementary is located off 36th Avenue S near Maydell Drive, and Frost Elementary is located on S Falkenburg Road next to Giunta Middle School. Giunta Middle School is located at S Falkenburg Road and Camden Field Parkway. Table 1 shows existing and projected school capacities to the 2024-2025 school year based on Florida Department of Education Florida Inventory of Schools Houses (FISH) data. Both elementary schools and the middle school have available capacity and are not projected to reach maximum capacity through 2025. Table 1. Existing and Projected School Capacities
Actual 2019- 2020 FISH Capacity
Actual 2019-2020 Utilization
Projected 2024-2025 Utilization
School
738 966
63% 58% 51%
83% 60% 57%
Bing Elementary Frost Elementary
1,558
Giunta Middle
The sole emergency management/police/fire facility in the redevelopment area is Fire Station 1, located off S 78th Street and S 33rd Avenue. Located just outside the redevelopment area boundary at the northwest corner of the I-75 and Selmon Expressway/SR 618 is the Tampa General Health Brandon Healthplex. There are two parks in the redevelopment area: Causeway Park is located off Causeway Boulevard and S 90th Street and Simmons Bowers Park located on Progress Boulevard near S 58th Street.
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