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What are people saying about the SHED Council?

Letters of Support:

1. Kathy Castor, Member of Congress
   February 9, 2010

Press Releases

1. About SHED Council Feb. 12, 2010 meeting and next meeting March 11, 2010
   February 15, 2010

Press:

1. Industrial expansion in Ruskin
   Wednesday, 14 July 2010
   Stacktight™, a Kentucky-based edge protection product manufacturer, is leasing 15,225 square feet of a 91,350-square-foot building; 500 square feet will be office while the remaining 14,725 square feet will serve as a production facility for Stacktight’s line of edge protection products. (more)
2. Commissioners debate 1-cent tax for light rail
   May 5, 2010
   What was expected to be a standing-room-only and possibly contentious crowd April 22 turned out to be a polite gathering of about 50. Perhaps that said more than the two county commissioners debating before them. (more)
    
3. KPMG Study Reveals Tampa Ranks as Least-Expensive Large U.S. Cities for Business
   March 15, 2010
   Very competitive labor costs along with moderately-low office/industrial leasing and sales tax costs help make Tampa the least-costly place to do business among 22 U.S. cities/locations with populations exceeding 2 million, according to a study by KPMG LLP.  
   See page 4 of Executive Highlights
    
4. Sunrise on Ruskin's Second Century
   Friday, 26 February 2010 Observer News By Melody Jameson
   Jim Hosler, community planning and demographics expert now leading the South Hillsborough Economic Development (SHED) Council, projects future economic possibilities for the community. (more)
    
5. Development duo launches council to boost South County 
   February 22, 2010 Tampa Tribune By LOIS KINDLE
   Development duo launches council to boost South County About 40 people gathered Feb. 11 at the South Shore Business Park to see what Fred Jacobsen and Jim Hosler were up to. (more)
    
6. Renewable energy company interested in South Hillsborough
   January 7, 2010 Observer News
   A company committed to making cheap energy from the sun and landfill refuse is looking for a Florida foothold starting in South Hillsborough County. Epic Innovations International LLC (EII), a Florida-formed corporation currently partnering with universities and communities in the Western U.S. to generate electrical power from renewable solar and biomass sources now also is working with the recently-formed SHED Council to bring its carbon-neutral technology to the Sunshine State....(more)
7. New SHED Council Helps Promote Local Economic Development
   December, 2009 Osprey Observer
   "South Hillsborough County has a long history of innovation and self-reliance, and we are looking to further rekindle that quality of pulling one's own bootstraps to get ahead,"....(more)
8. New group markets South Shore's assets to bring jobs
   November 13, 2009 St. Petersburg Times
   When the county's Economic Stimulus Task Force came out with its report in June detailing what could be done to add jobs and increase development, the art on the cover gave Fred Jacobsen pause.
   The caricature of Hillsborough County seemed to end at the Alafia River, he thought, and the South Shore region didn't appear to exist....(more)
9. Economic development effort launched
   Nov 12, 2009 Observer News
   Changed economic conditions demand newer and bolder approaches to business.
   On this premise, two South County promoters have launched what for the area is a “first,” an “everyone profits” economic development council aiming to harness the power of the internet to benefit the South Hillsborough region in a multi-faceted manner. Not yet a week old, it already is showing promise....(more)

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