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5-Year Strategic Economic Development Plan - Deltona

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THE CITY OF DELTONA<br />

STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN<br />

Vision – Where Are We Going?<br />

In order to best define where the City of <strong>Deltona</strong> is going in the future, the City and its<br />

<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Board determined that a Five-year <strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>Economic</strong><br />

<strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> would be created to shape the existing and future landscape of the City<br />

by being proactive in business retention, expansion, and attraction.<br />

<strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Group, Inc., working with the City’s <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />

Department staff, conducted two workshops with the City’s <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />

Board.<br />

The workshops resulted in the formulation and prioritization of specific objectives and<br />

strategies to achieve the goals of the Five-year <strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

that will be managed by the City’s <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Department.<br />

<strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

Mission: To shape the existing and future economic fabric of the City of <strong>Deltona</strong> by<br />

being proactive in business retention, expansion, and attraction.<br />

<strong>Plan</strong> Summary:<br />

� The Five-year <strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> (“ED <strong>Plan</strong>”) is developed to<br />

guide the City of <strong>Deltona</strong>.<br />

� The goals, objectives, and policies of the ED <strong>Plan</strong> are designed in the three main<br />

areas of economic development; business retention and expansion (business<br />

attraction) and redevelopment.<br />

� The ED <strong>Plan</strong> focuses on four geographic areas: the City as a whole; the SR 472<br />

Activity Center; the <strong>Deltona</strong>/ Saxon Boulevard Redevelopment area and the SR<br />

415 <strong>Development</strong> Area.<br />

� The ED <strong>Plan</strong> is a policy document that City officials, residents, local businesses,<br />

and real estate investors should view as a tool in shaping the Community’s future<br />

financial viability.<br />

<strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Group, Inc. 23

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