Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-13-12 special budget — reading text

arote Byrd, Chairman Distinguished Young Women of Okaloosa County, Inc facebook: Distinguished Young Women of OKaloosa County, FL website: www. distinguishedyw. org Phone: 205 -886 -5552  paysin6ui; sia Z6-£ 6- 8 3U3Wyoe14y jo uawoM 6unok paysin6ui; s1a - 6uipun_q jo;; sanbaN : 9690 uawoM P R ai d v Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program a In Brief) This prestigious, nationally respected scholarship program is by NO MEANS a " beauty pageant" - instead, it is a competition for high -achieving high school girls who are driven to succeed Et who will likely be our future leaders, probably sitting in some of your positions themselves in the coming years. We want to encourage these young women to help us perpetuate the grandeur of our county , by providing them with the skills it takes to become a great leader, Et to get the best possible education. To do so, the girls who enroll in this program complete a process of learning how to interview, to do public speaking, how to effectively write to communicate properly, Et participate in an outreach program called, " Be Your Best Self' , when they mentor to younger girls the elements that it takes to succeed. They also compete for college scholarship money. This money comes SOLELY from tax -deductible donations provided by the communities themselves. Okaloosa County is NOT a depressed, rural area, Et should be strong enough in its success to generously donate their TAX -DEDUCTIBLE donations to this highly- regarded program. Unfortunately, it has been absent from our area for about 10 years, but is being brought back now with an excited board of directors Et team of 25 people from EVERY community in the county - we are working together to see that we send the best possible representative to the STATE level, where she will compete with the other The local winners from other Florida counties, for even more scholarship money. STATE overall winner will advance to the NATIONALS competition held in Mobile, AL The Board of every year. Again - they compete for even more scholarship money. Directors Et Team for Okaloosa County Distinguished Young Women strongly believes that our local county winner can win STATE as well, thereby representing our county in the NATIONALS in Mobile. Our area is full of championship families which breed championship children - we are a strong county in education Et we believe by perpetuating our potential, that we will further attract families to vacation Et want to live here as well. The 5 categories that the girls compete in are: GRADES, FITNESS, TALENT, INTERVIEW, Et SELF -EXPRESSION ( public speaking). Please consider attending this year' s program , to be held centrally in the county - at Niceville High School - on the NIGHT of Aug 11th, and above all - please consider making a yearly donation in the name of the CITY of FWB. Everyone will want to have some ownership in this program, Et we feel that the city governments will benefit from having done so as well. We list all donors in the printed programs and thank them publicly as well. Thank you for this consideration!  4.4.a sy Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County, Florida July 31, 2012 Mr. Michael Beedie Acting City Manager City of Fort Walton Beach Post Office Box 4009 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 Dear Mr. Beedie: First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and partnership. Our focus this last fiscal year has been continued collaboration with regional partners to provide the best business friendly environment possible for our communities in order We look forward to continuing a to retain current businesses and attract new business. prosperous working relationship with you and your city. As such, on behalf of the Economic Development Council, please accept this letter as the EDC' s official request for Fiscal Year 2013 funding. The EDC is committed to the creation and retainment of jobs and enhancing our quality of place. Despite the economic hardships created by the Great Recession and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the EDC continues to be successful in accomplishing our goals, this year included: Created 600 new jobs and retained existing jobs ( more to come) Provided Six Sigma Incumbent Training with UWF & WFDB; $ 64K value o Established two new start -up businesses in the Ft Walton Beach Innovation Center o Engaged Autonomous Vehicle Working Group for technology diversification o Facilitated business retention /attraction state incentive programs o Hosted Informative Public Incentives Briefing o Hosted Congressional Armed Services Sub -Committee townhall meeting o Partnered with Workforce Development Board on initiative for displaced workers o Partnering with Chambers on BP recovery and RESTORE opportunities o Developing Entrepreneurial Development Training targeted for Military Veterans o Developing Manufacturing Excellence Center: Advanced Training Center o Developing Autonomous Vehicle R &D Training Curriculum continue our efforts. The We are grateful for your financial investment which enables us to national public- sector support standard for economic development organizations is based on per capita. The 2010 U. S. Census Bureau measured Fort Walton15,Beach' s population at 19, 507. 000 to aide in continuing our However, respectfully, we are requesting an appropriation of $ efforts. Please view the EDC' s new website for additional information on our activities. Thank you again for your partnership and for your consideration. Sincere; f J 1 s, r Presicer' PA, Box 4097, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 850) 362 -6467 ( 800) 995 -7374 toll -free www.florida- Wc.org Packet Pg. 12  4.4.a Demographic and Income Profile Report esri, Fort Walton Beach City, FL. Fort Walton Beach city, FL ( 1224475) Geography: Place 2011 2016 2010 Summary 19, 526 19, 507 19, 393 Population 8, 446 8, 401 8, 347 Households 4, 954 5, 004 4, 939 Families 2, 8 2. 26 2. 29 Average Household Size 5, 049 4, 927 5, 160 Owner Occupied Housing Units 3, 397 3, 241 3, 421 Renter Occupied Housing Units 43. 2 42. 8 42. 2 Median Age Skate Nation l Area Trends, 2011 - 2016 Annual Rate 0. 667% 0, 141% 0 0. 73' 1;° Population 0 71% 0. 71°!0 0. 24x/0 0. 71% Households 0, 59% 0.