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, Office of Family Safety
• Florida Department of Education, Evaluation and Reporting
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection, GIS Subsection, Bureau of Information Systems, GIS Section
• Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics
• Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Office of Research & Planning
• 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
• 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, Crime Analysis Unit, Research & Development Bureau
• Hillsborough County Tax Collector's Office
• Hillsborough Kids, Inc.
• Multiple Data Providers (Compiled by Florida Center for Community Design and Research), GIS Team
• School District of Hillsborough County, N/A, Assessment & Accountability, Child Care Resource and Referral
• Southwest Florida Water Management District, Mapping and GIS Section
• Tampa Police Department, Records Section
• 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

• Keith Bornhorst, BS, Web Applications Developer
• Rich Hammond, MA, GIS Team Leader
• Kevin Kerrigan, BS, Web Programming Team Manager
• Jason Scolaro, BS, Database Applications Team Lead
• Lee Smith, BA, Web Applications Developer
• Cheran Williams, BS, GIS Analyst

Support Staff

Graduate Student / OPS Staff

• Rachel Bomberger, MA, Web Content Manager
• David Eilers, BS, Field Scientist - Environmental
• David Galluzzo, GIS Stormwater Assistant
• Grant Harley, BA, GIS Technician
• David Harris, Manager of Technical Support
• Wolf Johnson, Web Programmer Assistant
• Remy Losaria, Web Developer Assistant
• Thomas Lyle, Student Assistant
• Thejovathi Nelluri, MS, Database Manager
• Joanna Parichkova, MBA, Database Applications
• Jodi Pracht, MS, Web Content Manager
• Ken Romie, MS, Quality Assurance Officer
• Alexis Sykes, GIS Stormwater Assistant
• Emily Zupo, GIS 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!