ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Hardee County Economic Development Council and Industrial Development Authority (EDC/IDA) contracted with the University of South Florida-Florida Institute of Government (FIOG) to conduct a housing inventory study, understand the current and future needs of housing within the county and recommend attainable housing development strategies for economic development. The FIOG assembled a team of professionals to conduct the study.

The FIOG Team included:

Angela S. Crist, MPA-Director, USF FIOG Project (Manager)

Robyn Odegard, MA-Program Planner and Analyst, USF FIOG

Mary Jane Stanley, MBA, CEcD, FM-USF FIOG Consultant-Stanley Advisory Associates-President

Elizabeth Strom, PhD-Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs, USF

Trent Green, PhD-Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Community Design, Florida Center for Community Design and Research, USF

Student researchers: Aditi Sugeerappa Hoti; Daria Illarionova; Beneetta Mary Jose