Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

Jurisdiction: Six-county Tampa Bay region: Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and Pinellas counties

Established in 1962 as the first of Florida's regional planning councils, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council is a forum for communication, coordination and collaboration among member governments in the six-county Tampa Bay region. Its programs cover economic development, emergency preparedness, environmental planning, resiliency planning, GIS, and planning and design visualization.

Contact

727-570-5151

tbrpc.org

Responsibilities

  • regional economic development strategy
  • emergency preparedness and hurricane planning
  • environmental and coastal planning
  • resiliency and climate adaptation planning
  • regional GIS and data analysis

Verified from official sources on 2026-08-29.