Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #292FY0001

Dover Strawberry Research Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Dr. Charles Hinton

Organization:

Dover Strawberry Research Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Dover Strawberry Research Center

Date Submitted:

2/15/01 10:28:03 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Tom Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

To keep pace w/ changes in cultural practices through research, to protect competative advantage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Gulf Coast Research & Education Center

Contact:

Dr.Charles Hinton

 

13139 Lewis Gallagher Road

Contact Phone:

(813) 752-6822

 

 

Dover 33527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Hillsborough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Private Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research will be conducted by research biologists, field technical positions, graduate students and faculty; including plant physiology, entomology, biotechnology, post harvest, and technology transfer to meet the evolving needs of the strawberry community and the efficient transfer of technology to growers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Continues to expand with local support to protect the competative advantage for the Florida Strawberry market in the world economy.  Each acre of strawberries generates over $25,000 per year to our community. The industry expects to generate $32 billion in economic impact to the State of Florida during the next half century.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$850,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Private

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cash Amount:

$285,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

2000

Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Master Plan for Dover Research Center; a satellite of the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

 

Meeting Date:

12/6/00