north port growth is multi-faceted
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LET’S GET GROWING
CITY UPDATE
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Road Bond• Largest road project
• Nov 6, 2012 60% voters approved
• $46 M revenue bond
• 266 miles repaving
• 200 miles maintenance
• 2016: 87 miles (total 170)
• 2017: Final Phases 7 & 8 total of 120 miles
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Sidewalks• Installation of U.S. 41
Pedestrian Walkway Lighting Project
• Hillsborough sidewalk project
• Design for HaberlandBoulevard, San Mateo Boulevard, and Perdue Street
• City has completed design for U.S. 41 linear parking
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Drainage• Public Works Department
has rehabilitated more than 220,000 linear feet of retention ditches and canals and more than 192,000 linear feet of swales.
• Completed restoration of three water control structures and installed more than 1,300 linear feet of roadway, culvert, and outfall pipes to provide positive flow of storm water.
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Utilities• Rehabilitating 13 lift
stations
• Pilot water expansion
• Water and wastewater plant improvements
• Expanded reclaimed water services
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Parks• New splash park at Atwater Park• Expanded Mullen Center
playground• Completed the planning and design
for the Butler Park Field renovations• Blueway project completed• Parks and Recreation Master Plan• Improvements at Oak Park
completed• Installed energy efficient lighting at
Morgan Center gym• Removed invasive species along
Canine Club and the waterway• Warm Mineral Spring
Improvements
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Signature Events• Freedom Festival
• Trick-or-Treat at City Hall
• Tree Lighting
• Poinsettia Festival
• Road E-O
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Communications• Facebook• Twitter• Instagram• City mobile app• Website• The City has more
than 25,000 followers on all social media platforms
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SlideShare
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KDW Radio
Postcard
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Accolades• 10TH Fastest Growing Metro in US [US
Census]• Best in Manufacturing in Tampa Bay
[Southern Business & Development]• Top 10 in US for Job Growth [Forbes]• #3 Well-being in the nation [Gallup]• Digital City USA • Top Investment City [Forbes] • 2nd Big City Safety Rank in Florida [Value
Penguin]• A+ Rating [Fitch]• Playful City USA (7 consecutive)• Most improved residential mkt [Freddie
Mac]• #2 state in FL for small business [Wallet
Hub]• Fastest growing metros [Census]• Top 15 Cleanest City [American Lung
Association]
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Permits: Single Residential
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2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
Source: Building Division, City of North Port
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West Villages• $100 M in May 2014• 9,600 acres• Master-planned community• 23,000 homes• 3 million SF Commercial
space• parks, greenways, lakes and
recreational space • 30 to 40 years• Sold 848 new homes in 2016• #4 on the annual John Burns
Real Estate Consulting list
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West Villages
Graphics used with permission from The Ranch Land Partners, LLLP
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New businesses• Contra Securities
• Bocca Lupa Inc.
• Adams and Nichols Ecological Consultants
• Christian Brothers
• Astaldi Construction
• Med Express
• MTI Equipment Inc.
• Culver’s
• Escape Room Unlocked
Photos used with permission from Shop Local SWFL
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Economic Development• Fulltime Business Advocate
• Collaborate with community partners on Real Estate Summit and U.S. Aluminum Canoe and Kayak National Championship
• U.S. 41 Facade Improvement Program
• Economic Development Summit
Photos used with permission from Shop Local SWFL
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Incoming projects• Tuscola Commons• Suncoast Technical
College• Cocoplum Center• Suncoast Plaza• Price Crossings• Heron Creek Town
Center• Cocoplum Gateway• Sumter Gateway
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Warm Mineral Springs
• 17.1 acres mixed use
• 4.7 acres assisted living
• 9.7 acres multi-family
• 2.7 acres hotel
The perfect place to build your home, your business, your future.
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Ruth A. Buchanan, MBA, CEcDEconomic Development Program Manager
City Manager’s Office
City of North Port
THANK YOU!
Now’s the time to be in North Port.
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