Jeff Bergosh Blog: What Will OLF 8 Master Planner Come Up With?

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

What Will OLF 8 Master Planner Come Up With?

What will this big field look like, what will be built here on this property.....we will soon hire a planner to help us with this...

This Thursday, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners will be voting on a staff-developed RFP for hiring a firm to master plan OLF 8.

The draft of the RFP criteria is pictured below.

I'm primarily interested in the economic component and achieving highest and best use for the taxpayers. I'm also going to lobby for inclusion of our current Triumph Application as a part of the RFP so the planner knows we are in the running for $30 Million if we can simply create a minimum of an additional 700 good jobs with this property.

Should be a good discussion Thursday, glad we are moving this forward.