South Florida Regional Planning Council

What South Florida Regional Planning Council does

The South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) is a quasi-governmental regional planning organization established under Florida law in 1974 and headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. It serves Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties — a region of approximately 4.7 million residents — providing regional convening, dispute resolution, technical assistance, and economic analysis services to county and municipal governments. As the designated Economic Development District Planning Organization, SFRPC holds statutory authority to update the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the region and to administer federal pass-through funding through multiple revolving loan fund programs, including a Traditional RLF, a CARES Act RLF, and a Brownfields Cleanup RLF.

SFRPC operates a portfolio of interconnected programs across four domains: economic development (CEDS, REMI-based economic forecasting, SFCDFI community development finance, Brownfields remediation); emergency preparedness (LEPC hazardous materials planning, SERDSTF domestic security task force, SRESP hurricane evacuation studies); resiliency planning (FDOT D6 Resilience Database, Military Installation Resilience Review, BCA Tool, vulnerability assessments, sea level rise modeling); and mobility/clean energy (Transit-Oriented Development, Southeast Florida Clean Cities Coalition). The technology stack includes ArcGIS StoryMaps, LiDAR elevation data, SLOSH hurricane surge modeling, and an 8-area, 70-sector NAICS version of the REMI Policy Insight economic forecasting model operated through the South Florida Economic Forecasting Partnership with Palm Beach County. SFRPC developed the SRESP demographic analysis methodology applied across all 67 Florida counties.

The business model is a hybrid of public-sector appropriations, federal grant administration, and self-replenishing revolving loan fund interest income. Revenue derives from county member contributions, federal grants (EDA, EPA, DoD, Treasury CDFI Fund), and interest on loan portfolios where bank partners hold first lien position. The Southeast Florida Community Development Fund (SFCDFI) operates as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit subsidiary providing affordable housing construction financing. Go-to-market is direct: SFRPC engages county and municipal governments, small and medium businesses seeking gap financing, and federal agencies through established relationships built over 50 years of operation.

Name

South Florida Regional Planning Council

Legal name

South Florida Regional Planning Council

Website

https://sfregionalcouncil.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The South Florida Regional Planning Council is a quasi-governmental regional planning organization established in 1974 that serves Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties (4.7M residents) with revolving loan fund programs, economic forecasting, emergency preparedness coordination, and climate resiliency planning for local governments and small businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Planning Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Nondepository Credit Intermediation (5222)

SIC

Short-Term Business Credit Institutions (6153)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) & Infrastructure-Adjacent Real Estate Advisory (BPAJANAL)

Keywords

• Regional planning services
• Revolving loan funds
• Emergency preparedness
• Economic development
• Climate resilience planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Traditional Revolving Loan Fund: Provides low-interest loans to small and medium-sized businesses in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties that cannot obtain conventional financing. Loans range from $25,000 to $500,000. The program requires gap financing where a bank is the first lien holder, with owner equity injection of 10-20%. RLF loans must leverage private investment of at least 2:1.
2. CARES Act Revolving Loan Fund: Federal COVID-19 relief funding channeled through EDA to provide capital access for small businesses responding to and recovering from the pandemic.
3. Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund: EPA-funded loan program for brownfields remediation activities supporting redevelopment projects in Broward, Monroe, and Miami-Dade Counties. Works with local/state agencies to connect borrowers with tax incentives.
4. Southeast Florida Community Development Fund (SFCDFI): 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing construction financing for affordable single-family homes for first-time minority homebuyers. Targets low/moderate-income areas and disadvantaged small businesses. Uses revolving loan fund structure with self-replenishing pool of money.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

SFRPC is a regional planning council that provides regional convening, dispute resolution, and economic analysis services across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties. It administers multiple revolving loan fund programs offering gap financing to small/medium businesses, condominium associations, and affordable housing developers unable to obtain conventional financing. The council also leads emergency preparedness, hurricane evacuation planning, climate resilience, and economic development initiatives for the tri-county South Florida region.

Product overview

The South Florida Regional Planning Council offers a portfolio of interconnected planning, financing, and emergency preparedness programs serving Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties. The core offerings include three revolving loan fund programs (Traditional RLF, CARES Act RLF, and Condominium/Rental Property Capital Assistance) providing gap financing for small businesses and housing; economic development services comprising the CEDS strategic roadmap, economic analysis forecasting, community development fund (SFCDFI), and brownfields remediation; emergency preparedness programs including the LEPC hazardous materials planning committee, SERDSTF domestic security task force, and SRESP hurricane evacuation studies; and resiliency planning initiatives covering the FDOT resilience database, military installation resilience review, infrastructure benefit-cost analysis tools, and transit-oriented development. These programs operate as complementary regional planning services rather than a unified software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traditional Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) A low-interest loan program for small- and medium-sized businesses in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties that provides gap financing where conventional lenders cannot. Loans range from $25,000 to $500,000 with job creation requirement of 1 job per $20,000 loaned.
• CARES Act Revolving Loan Fund Emergency financing program funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to help small businesses respond to and recover from the coronavirus pandemic, channeling federal COVID-19 relief funding through EDA.
• Condominium Associations & Rental Property Owners Capital Assistance Capital improvement and repair financing for homeowner associations and rental property owners in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties.
• Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Five-year regional economic development roadmap for Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties that guides federal and state investment priorities and brings together public and private sector leaders.
• Economic Analysis Service Technical assistance using the REMI Policy Insight economic forecasting model to predict how policy decisions or economic events impact the economy at county, region, and state levels.
• Southeast Florida Community Development Fund (SFCDFI) Independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing construction financing for affordable single-family homes to first-time minority homebuyers and loans to disadvantaged small businesses in Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties.
• Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF) EPA-funded loan program to finance Brownfields remediation activities that advance redevelopment projects supporting job creation, housing development, and economic diversification in Broward, Monroe, and Miami-Dade counties.
• South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee (SoFlaLEPC) Regional hazardous materials emergency planning, chemical inventory reporting, public outreach, and compliance support for Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties established under EPCRA.
• Southeast Regional Domestic Security Task Force (SERDSTF) Multi-disciplinary task force co-chaired by law enforcement and FDLE providing domestic security support through the Southeast Florida Fusion Center for Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties.
• Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program (SRESP) Comprehensive hurricane evacuation planning study for Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties including demographic analysis, hazard mapping, shelter analysis, and transportation clearance time modeling using SLOSH modeling.
• South Florida Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR) DOD-funded $1.1 million assessment identifying risks, hazards, and vulnerabilities affecting military installations (Homestead ARB, USAG-Miami, NSWC SFOMF, NAS Key West) and developing resilience-enhancing investments.
• Resilient Infrastructure Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool Sketch planning tool for Florida local governments to compare green, gray, and hybrid resilient infrastructure projects, calculating capital expenditures, lifecycle costs, and benefit-cost ratios.
• FDOT D6 Resilience Database Regional resilience database documenting ongoing, future, and planned resilience efforts in FDOT District 6 (Miami-Dade and Monroe counties) accessible to agencies, local governments, and community partners.
• Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Planning initiative supporting compact, walkable, mixed-use communities centered around high-quality transit systems to reduce driving dependence and support sustainable regional development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Created framework for 88 volumes of regional evacuation studies across Florida's 11 regions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Palm Beach CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPalm Beach County participates in the South Florida Economic Forecasting Partnership alongside SFRPC, using the REMI economic model to predict policy and economic event impacts at county, regional, and state levels.
• Broward County Housing Finance AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFCDFI partners with Broward County Housing Finance Authority to provide construction financing for affordable single-family homes. Broward County approved $1 million line of credit to SFCDFI for first-time homebuyer financing, with an additional $1 million approved in June 2022.
• Urban League of Broward County (ULBC) / Central County Community Development Corporation (CCCDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerULBC/CCCDC provided initial capitalization for SFCDFI with $500,000 investment and backs a $1 million loan loss reserve fund. They provide development services through their Entrepreneurship Center to help small businesses succeed.
• Florida Division of Emergency ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDEM managed FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding for Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program (SRESP), contracting with Florida's Regional Planning Councils including SFRPC to conduct regional evacuation studies.
• Jacobs EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJacobs served as consultant alongside South Florida Defense Alliance for the Military Installation Resilience Review project, providing technical expertise for vulnerability assessment.
• South Florida Defense AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with SFRPC and Jacobs for the Military Installation Resilience Review, working with military installations and key stakeholders to identify resilience vulnerabilities.
• Treasure Coast Regional Planning CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFRPC partnered with TCRPC on the 2019 EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant covering Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River Counties. Also partnered on Florida Reef Tract Work Group.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council: Adjacent Florida regional planning council covering Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River counties. TCRPC is an existing SFRPC partner on the EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant and Florida Reef Tract Work Group, and operates an analogous mix of economic development, emergency preparedness, and regional planning programs.
• West Florida Regional Planning Council: Regional planning council serving Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay counties in the Florida Panhandle. Performs parallel emergency preparedness, CEDS, and economic development functions for a hurricane-exposed coastal region.
• Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council: Regional planning council serving Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter counties. Operates an analogous portfolio of regional planning, CEDS, and emergency preparedness programs under the same Florida statutory framework as SFRPC.
• Central Florida Regional Planning Council: Regional planning council serving Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia counties with parallel mandates in economic development strategy, regional evacuation studies, and intergovernmental coordination.
• East Central Florida Regional Planning Council: Florida regional planning council covering Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia counties. Performs similar CEDS, emergency preparedness, and regional coordination functions for its member counties.
• Apalachee Regional Planning Council: Regional planning council serving Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties. Comparable statutory structure and program mix to SFRPC.
• Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council: One of Florida's ten regional planning councils, serving Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, and Hardee counties. Comparable statutory role in regional convening, CEDS, emergency preparedness, and resilience planning.
• Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council: Regional planning council serving Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, and Sarasota counties. Engages in analogous regional planning, economic development, and resilience work for a similarly hurricane-exposed coastal region.
• North Central Florida Regional Planning Council: Regional planning council serving 13 counties in north-central Florida. Performs the same statutory functions as SFRPC — CEDS, emergency preparedness, dispute resolution, and regional coordination — at a different geographic scale.

Others

• Florida Regional Councils Association: Statewide membership association of Florida's ten regional planning councils. Provides coordination, legislative advocacy, and shared services to its members — including SFRPC — and is directly relevant as a peer for understanding the broader RPC ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/SoFloRPC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SouthFloridaRPC
• Facebookfacebook.com/SouthFloridaRPC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2023473/admin
• Instagraminstagram.com/sfrpc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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