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By ELIZABETH LEE BROWN, The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 19, 2008

CARROLLWOOD - A year-long process to craft the Carrollwood Community Plan gets off the ground later this month.

Planners at the Hillsborough Planning Commission have scheduled for Jan. 31 the first in a series of working committee meetings.

The 20-member group likely will meet monthly, but the group's future meeting dates and times will be ironed out, as well as other organizational issues, at the initial meeting at the Carrollwood Cultural Center annex, 13345 Casey Road.
Principal planner Lisa Silva, who is overseeing the Carrollwood Community Plan, said the first gathering will lay the foundation for the coming months.

Topics include the results of a survey during December's open house where citizens were asked about their likes and dislikes of the community and what issues they wanted the plan to address.

Silva said the group also will get a more detailed overview of the community planning process, an explanation of what a community plan is, and demographic information about the Carrollwood area.

The county's community-based planning program began in 1998, and plans have been adopted in communities such as Town 'N Country, Keystone and Lutz. The plans can restrict commercial development at certain locations or set architectural and design guidelines to retain the character of a community.

The group will meet for about 12 to 18 months to draft the plan. Once completed, it will take an additional six to nine months for county and state planners to review and adopt the plan.

The plan's preliminary boundaries cover the larger Carrollwood area. The 36-square-mile area has an estimated population of 109,690, based on census figures.

IF YOU GO

WHAT: First working committee meeting for the Carrollwood Community Plan

WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 31

WHERE: Carrollwood Cultural Center annex, 13345 Casey Road, Carrollwood

FOR INFORMATION: Call (813) 273-3774, ext. 329

Reporter Elizabeth Lee Brown can be reached at (813) 865-1502 or ebrown@tampatrib.com.

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