About the Atlas

The Hillsborough Community Atlas is designed to provide citizens, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current data and information about communities and neighborhoods in Hillsborough County. Typically, people who live and work in different communities around the county have found it difficult to gather the information they need from the myriad of agencies that collect the related data and provide particular services. Often when data and information are provided about communities it is limited to particular subjects. To solve this problem, we conceived of the Atlas as a "one stop information shop" to find the variety of information (social, physical and environmental) that relates to a community. The Atlas functions as a warehouse for a variety of community information including documents and educational links. We have also strived to make the Atlas a rich resource that educates citizens about the data presented and gives professionals easy access to the specialized information they need. We encourage you to use the Atlas as a tool to help in maintaining and improving our communities.

Project Funding

• Children's Board of Hillsborough County
• Hillsborough County, Public Works Department

Information Providers

• City of Tampa, Information Technology Services, Geographic Information Systems
• Florida Center for Community Design and Research, GIS Team, Water Atlas Program
• Florida Department of Children and Families, Information Technology Division
• Florida Department of Education, N/A, Evaluation and Reporting, None
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection, GIS Subsection, Bureau of Information Systems, GIS Section
• Florida Department of Health, Natural Resources Department, Resource Management
• Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
• Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Statistics Analysis Center (FSAC), N/A, N/A
• Hillsborough County, GIS Section, Engineering Division, Geographic Information Systems Section
• Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission, Environmental Management Department, Watershed Management Division
• Hillsborough County Government, Planning and Growth Management, Public Works, Adopt A Pond Program
• Hillsborough County Property Appraiser
• Hillsborough County Real Estate, GIS Section, Survey Division
• Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Environmental Management, Manatee Watch
• Hillsborough County Tax Collector's Office
• Multiple Data Providers (Compiled by Florida Center for Community Design and Research), GIS Team
• Multiple Data Providers (TPD, HCSO), Utility Operations, Water Treatment Plant QC Lab
• School District of Hillsborough County, N/A, Early Childhood School Readiness Programs, Child Care Resource and Referral
• Southwest Florida Water Management District, Mapping and GIS Section
• Tampa Police Department, N/A, Leon County, Public Works, Engineering Services, N/A
• U.S. Census Bureau, N/A, N/A
• US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds

Project Partners

Children's Board of Hillsborough County

• Executive Director of the Children's Board of Hillsborough County - Luanne Panacek, Ed.D.
• Chief Operating Officer of the Children's Board of Hillsborough County - Don Dixon, MSW
• Research and Evaluation, the Children's Board of Hillsborough County - Kathleen I. Maes, M.A.

Hillsborough County, Public Works

• Director of Public Works Department - Robert R. Gordon, P.E
• Project Manager, Operations Management Section - Jose M. Lopez

University of South Florida, Florida Center for Community Design and Research

Faculty

• B. Terry Johnson, AICP, Associate in Research
• Shawn Landry, M.S., Director, Senior Research Scientist, Associate in Research
• Kyle Campbell, M.S., Associate in Research

Staff

• Cheran Williams, B.S., GIS Analyst
• Lee Smith, B.A., Web Applications Developer
• Joanna Parichkova, B.S., Database Manager
• Kevin Kerrigan, B.S., Web Programming Developer
• Rich Hammond, M.A., GIS Analyst

Graduate Student / OPS Staff

• Thejovathi Nelluri, M.S., Database Manager
• Wolf Johnson, Web Programmer Assistant

Additional Assistance

• Naomi Oliver, M.A.
• Alexis Broadbent-Sykes, M.A.
• Deanna Barcelona, M.A.

Acknowledgements:

There have been many members of the public and organizations throughout the community who have assisted us in the development of the Community Atlas by attending workshops and providing feedback. Many thanks to these people for their participation!