South Hillsborough Economic Development Council
INVITATION TO MEETING OF THE SHED COUNCIL | February 8, 2010
The SHED Council is pleased to invite you to our Kick-off meeting to be held at the South Shore Corporate Park on Friday, February 12, 2010 from 2:00PM until 3:30PM. The meeting will be held in the state-of-the-art 90,000 square foot structure located at the southern entrance to the Park on 30th Street in Ruskin (please see the map below). You will be provided the opportunity to tour the new facility developed by Ryan Companies US, Inc. The South Shore Corporate Park is an incredible resource for South Hillsborough County with 4.4 million square feet of DRI approved industrial and office space that is ready for construction. The employment potential offered due to the efforts of Ryan Companies US, Inc. will be a major focus of the SHED Council.
Ryan Companies US, Inc. is a leading national commercial real estate firm offering integrated design-build services to customers. With its Southeast Regional Office in Tampa, Ryan can offer personalized service. Ryan has completed more than 820 projects in 27 states and serves clients in the office, industrial, retail, health care and hospitality markets. If you or someone you know has an interest in the South Shore Corporate Park, please contact Ryan Reynolds with CR Richard Ellis at 813-273-8417 or Ryan.Reynolds@cbre.com .
The SHED Council was formed in November 2009 to pro-actively and aggressively market South Hillsborough County to local, regional and national investors in cooperation with ongoing economic development efforts. We are an economic development organization with the primary purpose of helping with the creation of new jobs in South Hillsborough. South Hillsborough County has millions of square feet of approved industrial, office and retail space that can be developed in the near term, and it has the local labor market required by any new or expanding business. In addition to excellent transportation facilities such as I-75, U.S. 41 and U.S. 301, South Hillsborough has deep-water access through the Port of Tampa and Port Manatee and excellent rail service.
The SHED Council is ready to hit the ground running and pursue every possible lead in order to attract jobs to South Hillsborough. With the SouthShore Campus of Hillsborough Community College and a Hillsborough County School Board Career Center on U.S. 41 south of Ruskin, South Hillsborough County has all of the affordable location factors that will be needed by new or expanding businesses. Please join us on February 12 at 2:00PM. RSVP to the SHED Council’s Managing Director, Jim Hosler at Jim@SHEDcouncil.com .
South Shore Corporate Park – Ruskin Exit Off I-75, go west and turn north(right) onto 30th St.
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Over forty south Hillsborough County business leaders braved a rainy, cold afternoon to attend the first meeting of the South Hillsborough Economic Development Council (SHED Council) on February 12, 2010 at the SouthShore Corporate Park. The highlight of the meeting was the presentation by Gary Bauler, Vice President for Development with the Ryan Company, on the progress being made at the SouthShore Corporate Park. Mr. Bauler stated that there is a “flurry of interest” in the 90,000 square foot building currently owned by Ryan at the southern entrance to the SouthShore Corporate Park.
SHED Council held its first meeting at the Ryan facility as a way to highlight one of south Hillsborough County’s most significant economic development assets. The SouthShore Corporate Park is pre-approved for over 4 million square feet of light industrial and warehouse space.
The first meeting of the SHED Council also included a presentation from Jim Hosler, Managing Director, and Fred Jacobsen, Marketing Director, on south Hillsborough County’s numerous economic development advantages and SHED Council’s initial economic development targets. It was emphasized by both speakers that the focus of the SHED Council will be on job creation. South Hillsborough County has attracted residential development and now is the time to attract economic development, new enterprise and the resultant new jobs that would bring.
South Hillsborough County has numerous pre-approved development sites for a wide range of economic development uses. The area has always had an excellent transportation network and has possessed a number of the major locational advantages normally sought by industry. Within the past five years, south Hillsborough County has also attracted thousands of new residents who can now provide a local labor force. One of the SHED Council’s major goals is to match this local labor force with new industry so that local residents do not have to commute outside of the area for employment.
The meeting concluded with comments from south Hillsborough County Chambers of Commerce and questions from the audience. It was the consensus that all groups and entrepreneurs need to continue to work together to develop south Hillsborough County’s economy.
The next meeting of the SHED Council will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 5:30PM until 6:30PM at the SouthShore Library on 19th Avenue in Ruskin. The purpose of the March 11 meeting will be to receive input from local businesses and organizations concerning what they see to be the major economic development challenges and opportunities in south Hillsborough County and to make those a part of our overall marketing plan for the region. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Jim Hosler at jim@SHEDCouncil.com . Any person interested in the creation of jobs in south Hillsborough County is invited to attend.
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