Tampa's Sustainable Future


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What is SDAT?

SDAT is a community assistance program from AIA National that brings a team of volunteer professionals to work with local decision-makers and stakeholders.

The Tampa SDAT, entitled Connecting Tampa, focuses on improving the neighborhood planning process. On November 12-14, 2008, the SDAT Team visited Tampa and conducted a series of meetings with local officials, neighborhood representatives, and other stakeholders in order to collect input for a final report that will include recommendations on how to update and improve the City’s neighborhood planning guidelines

Click below for a printable one page brochure explaining SDAT for you to share! sdat_one_page-1.pdf

Blog Posts

Mary Horne

Tampa Rail Project Update!

newstart transit project.jpg

On Friday, June 12th , HART gave a bus tour of the proposed light rail route which would be implemented in Hillsborough County and downtown Tampa and eventually extend to Lakeland, Pinellas, Pasco and Polk Counties. HART took over this project in 2002 and has been working with TBARTA (Tampa Bay Area Regio… Continue

Posted by Mary Horne on June 16, 2009 at 5:07pm — 1 Comment

Christopher Vela

Great news!! Kiley Gardens update!!

Some may have been wondering about this city landscape architecture. There is very promising news, use the link below.

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2009/05/28/back-to-the-garden-kiley-revisited/

Posted by Christopher Vela on May 28, 2009 at 10:22am — 4 Comments

Jason Downey

Will I-Drive solar panels help power a revolution in Florida?

Thought this was a cool story to share with you EcoCharretters!!

orlandosentinel.com/news/moretop1/orl-solar-florida-revolution-052109,0,2948232.story

OrlandoSentinel.com
Will I-Drive solar panels help power a revolution in Florida?
By Kevin Spear

Sentinel Staff Writer

May 21, 2009

More than $7 million worth of solar panels officially went to work Wednesday on several acres of Orange County Convention Center rooftop, capable of generating a million watts of pollution-free electricity.

Atta… Continue

Posted by Jason Downey on May 22, 2009 at 10:20am — 1 Comment

Ruth Carr

Recycled Materials in Florida - Not Yet!

At least not in abundance. I was looking for a material for my patio floor similar to TREX decking only in tile form. I did find this online but distributors locally are blatantly absent. California seems to be the mecca for green materials, why is Florida lagging so badly? Same with Paperstone - no dealers just a fellow in Pinellas Park who fabricates countertops, interiors, etc. I have yet to contact him but how dismal I can't go to my local Home Depot, etc. and just find these materials easil… Continue

Posted by Ruth Carr on May 2, 2009 at 11:35am — 2 Comments

Jason Downey

As Florida shifts to solar, a fight looms...RECs or feed-in tariffs??

Since all this is groundbreaking stuff why don't we create a system that can still allow the large corporations to benefit as well as the citizens???



As Florida shifts to solar, a fight looms


By Zac Anderson


Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:53 a.m.


Feed-in tariff
This system encourages small-scale solar development on homes and businesses by setting a price for solar energy that makes it profitable for anyone with open land or roo… Continue

Posted by Jason Downey on March 23, 2009 at 11:00am

 

Events

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SDAT TAMPA INFORMATION

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Stay tuned for the completed SDAT Report and tell us about events in your community that are helping Connect Tampa.



Forum

Eric

Hello everyone- 1 Reply

Started by Eric. Last reply by Adam Fritz Jun 25.

Grant Rimbey

My latest Creative Loafing piece, bats 2 Replies

Started by Grant Rimbey. Last reply by Grant Rimbey Jun 17.

Grant Rimbey

"The roots of sprawl" 6 Replies

Started by Grant Rimbey. Last reply by Grant Rimbey Jun 8.

Ashly Anderson

In Case you Missed it: Kiley Gardens Presentation

Started by Ashly Anderson May 28.

Grant Rimbey

“The Tampa that might have been” 10 Replies

Started by Grant Rimbey. Last reply by Grant Rimbey May 26.

Grant Rimbey

"USF architecture students create unique building" 1 Reply

Started by Grant Rimbey. Last reply by Adam Fritz May 26.

Grant Rimbey

LAST CHANCE TO ASK GOVERNOR TO VETO SB 360

Started by Grant Rimbey May 22.

Grant Rimbey

Project 3.0 and the Earthship 6 Replies

Started by Grant Rimbey. Last reply by Grant Rimbey May 16.

SDAT in the News - Press Information

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SDAT in the NEWS:

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