The course is scheduled for July 22-24 at the Marriott's Marco Island Resort. This course covers many aspects of environmental regulation from stormwater management and mitigation, to endangered species, to waste management and site remediation. The Coastal Society is having their annual meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, July 12 to the 15th. The National Development Council works with local governments and other nonprofits to develop packages that link public and private financing. In addition, the National Development Council offers a variety of professional training services that can help educate members of your community and provide certification in course work such as Economic Development Finance or Housing Development Finance.
Training is offered at various times and places.
An important factor in waterfront communities, as in most every other community, is the generation of entrepreneurial activity. Unfortunately, many of these communities have experienced the loss of small businesses with a resulting void and a further propensity toward economic decline. Often the spirit to startup new small businesses is present but the know-how, initial capital needs and access to resources are not. Through the efforts of one of our Waterfronts Florida community managers , Daphne Summers Schmidt in Mayport, we can offer a useful checklist to those planning to evaluate or enhance public access sites in their community. Ms. Schmidt has developed a Public Access Evaluation Checklist that can be used to evaluate existing public access sites and better plan for new sites.