Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-08-2007 special agenda - budget — reading text

ofOkaloosa County' s economy. OIl EDC Program Report 23 Fiscal Year 2007  The EDC staff and board members are actively engaged in the economic development and diversification of our region. All initiatives and programs described in this Program Report can be nil viewed in greater detail on the EDC website: www. florida- edc. or~ Over 270, 000 global hits in one month, and growing! iIIiiI Documented hits from countries other than the United States include Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Japan, Norway, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Greece, Poland, Taiwan, Denmark, Brazil, Israel, and Australia. A sampling of the information provided by the EDC website includes: Iii! County Demographics Business Incentives AlIi Local Military Information Job Creation Tourism, Recreation & Retail Industrial Sites & Enterprise Zone Education TeCMEN and Technology Healthcare Defense Support Initiative The Business Climate EDC Activities and Information Tax Advantages Hyperlinks to related websites EDC Program Report 24 Fiscal Year 2007  FY 2007 ill ~ Policy Board i' i( OFFICERS: Chairman: Chuck Shanklin L- 3/ Crestview Aerospace Corp. 682- 2746 Vice- Chair Cindy Frakes ERA American Realty 651- 2454 Treasurer: Paul Hsu Total Parts Plus 244- 7293 Secretary/ Asst Treas. Gordon Eldridge BAE SYSTEMS Tech. Services 244- 7711 Past-Chairman: Fred Leopold Vanguard Bank 729- 5500 Member- at- Large: Dale Peterson Dale E. Peterson Companies 654-4748 Member- at- Large: Tim McDonald Fort Walton Machining 244- 9095 President: Lawrence Sassano Economic Development Council 651- 7374 i<' M Ex OFFICIOS: County Ex Officio: Bill Roberts Okaloosa County Commissioner 651- 9501 FGNW Ex Officio: Bob Richburg Okaloosa- Walton College 729- 5360 Military Liaison: Bob Black ARINC 609- 5800 Public School Ex Officio: Alexis Tibbetts Okaloosa County School Board 833- 3110 Utilities Ex Officio: Sandy Sims Gulf Power Company 244- 4740 Utilities Ex Officio: Gene Smith CHELCO 892- 2111 DIRECTORS: Dwight Howard Spectrum Sciences & Software 796- 0909 Alan Gieseman White Wilson Medical Center 863- 81 00 Clifton Gilmore MTI/ MTC Technologies 664- 6070 Terry Graham General Dynamics 897 -6275 Jack Azzaretto University of West Florida 863- 6566 Ed Dunbar Legendary, Inc. 337 -8000 TRUSTEES: ARINC Bob Black 244- 3332 BAE Systems Technical Services Gordon Eldridge 244- 7711 Bank of America David Cooper 444- 7334 BB& T Bob Craven 243- 3960 Boeing SOF Aerospace Corporation Leonard Weber 362- 5903 CHELCO J. E. Gene Smith 892- 2111 Carr, Riggs & Ingram Bruce Nunnally 837- 3141 Chesser & Barr, P. A. Michael Chesser 651- 9944 Compass Bank David Braithwaite 243- 3148 Corporate Design Systems Harvey McCain 664- 1249 Cox Communications Joseph Brewster 862- 4142 Crystal Beach Development Jay Odom/ Mark Porter 654-4126 26  EDC Policy Board Trustees Continued: DAG Architects, Inc. Charles Clary 837- 8152 Dale E. Peterson Companies Dale Peterson 654-4748 Dooley Mack Constructors of NW FL Neil Freshour 249- 2926 DVS Group Andrew Dwyer 845- 656- 5035 Embarq Joyce Sanders 664- 3015 Emeraldcoast.com Steve Witkos 699- 0095 ERA American Realty of NW Florida Gloria Frazier 651- 2454 First City Bank of Florida John McGee 244- 5151 First National Bank of Crestview Dale Rice 682- 5111 Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Wayne Campbell 862- 1111 General Dynamics Terry Graham 897 -7963 Gulf Power Company Sandy Sims 244-4740 InDyne, Inc. Donald Bishop/ Jim Heald 651- 9700 L- 3/ Crestview Aerospace Corp. Chuck Shanklin 682- 2746 Legendary, Inc. Ed Dunbar 337- 8000 MTI/ MTC Technologies Clifton Gilmore 664- 6070 Morgan Keegan & Company Blane Brooks 654- 1925 North Okaloosa Medical Center David Sanders 689- 8401 Northwest Florida Daily News Jeanne Reif 863- 1111 Okaloosa County School Board Alexis Tibbetts 833- 3110 Okaloosa Gas District Gary Long 729- 4700 Okaloosa-Walton College Bob Richburg/ David Goetsch 729- 5360 O' Sullilvan, Creel, LLP Jody Henderson 244- 5121 Phillips Oil Ryan Phillips 682- 5127 Randy Wise Homes, Inc. Randy Wise 678- 9473 Regions Bank John Forrester 243- 8101 Resort Quest Vicki Warner 267 -9298 Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast Roger Hall 278- 3001 Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund CPAs Glenn Scharf 243- 6713 Scott Steel/ Scott Unlimited/ Choctaw Larry Scott 650- 9914 Shoal River Ranch Stefan Davis 352-472- 7773 Southern Ventures Corporation Lowell Larson 862- 9888 Southwind Property Management Jean Brooks 897 -7600 Spectrum Sciences & Software Dwight Howard 796- 0909 Total Parts Plus PaulHsu 244- 7293 University of West Florida Jack Azzaretto 863- 6566 Vanguard Bank & Trust Company Gary Roberts 729- 5500 White Wilson Medical Center Alan Gieseman 863- 8100 Whitney National Bank Bob Saxer 269- 3652 Workforce Development Board Mary Lou Reed 651- 2315 Yates Construction Company Nancy Abood 650- 1616 Page 2 of3 As of May 2007 www.florida- edc. org  EDC Policv Board COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS: Defense Support: Gordon Eldridge BAE Systems Tech. Services 244- 7711 Financial: David Braithwaite Compass Bank 243- 3148 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVES: Crestview Wayne Harris 682- 3212 Desti n Shane Moody 837- 6241 Greater Fort Walton Beach Ted Corcoran 244- 8191 Niceville- Valparaiso Bay Area Tricia Brunson 678- 2323 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES: County Commissioner Bill Roberts 651- 7105 Town of Cinco Bayou Mike lovieno 833- 3405 City of Crestview Linda Parker 689- 1619 City of Destin Craig Barker 837 -4242 City of Fort Walton Beach Virgil Miller 862- 2031 City of Niceville Randall Wise 729-4000 Town of Shalimar Thomas Burns 651- 5723 City of Valparaiso Lydia Hernandez 729- 5402 Eglin Air Force Base Bob Arnold 882- 6515 PjNJ As of May 2007 www. florida- edc. org Page 3 of3