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Statewide Roundup
Floridians' health
How do we stack up against U.S. averages?
CEO Sounding Board, By Mike Vogel
Does Florida have an adequate balance between encouraging growth and controlling it?
Lee Arnold
CEO, Chairman/Colliers Interbational Tampa Bay, Central Florida and South-west Florida, Tampa
“I see today a much better balance of regulatory implementation, less unwarranted bureaucracy and effective management of the growth process in Florida. However, we have a ways to go in properly ensuring that we are protecting our natural resources, which is an area regulations should protect.”
Matthew Rieger
President, CEO/Housing Trust Group, Miami
“There is a continually unmet demand for safe, clean, affordable housing throughout all areas of florida. As part of the growth-management process, municipalities should create opportunities for their citizens to participate in the process of making their needs known to the Florida Housing Finance Corp. in order to allocate appropriate resources to those areas that are naturally and organically growing.”
David Martin
President / Terra Group, Miami
“Some developers would say that the state’s growth-management policies have slowed development and the jobs they would create. However, at Terra, we believe the state’s growth-management policies help promote sustainable economic development. This helps balance the development booms with the necessary and parallel expansion of infrastructure to sustain it.”
