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Focus Area 3: Design, Construct, and Maintain Resilient Infrastructure to
Support Sustainable Business and Population growth
3.4.3 Enhance and protect the environment and the region’s natural
resources.
3.1 ALIGNED PROJECTS
1. Technology and Innovation for Coral Restoration in South
Florida – South Florida Regional Planning Council
APPENDIX
Life
Focus Area 2: Create Vibrant and Connected Places to Increase the
Overall Quality of Life
3.1 PROJECT OUTCOMES
• The project’s purpose is to capitalize on increasing demand
for coral restoration in South Florida and other reef
communities. This project would fuel innovation and
entrepreneurship in coral propagation and restoration
technology, create opportunities for job creation in both tech
and environmental restoration, increase investment and
employment opportunities, and advance a high priority
environmental and economic development initiative.
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3.1 POSSIBLE ACTION PARTNERS
• South Florida Regional Planning Council
• Economic Development Organizations
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Private Foundations
• Research universities
• Business Leaders
3.1 SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES
• Fuel innovation and entrepreneurship in coral restoration
technology
• Incubation of novel coral restoration technology, bringing
together the technology and coral restoration sectors.
• Accelerator to commercialize technologies for use in public and
private coral restoration industries within and beyond Florida.
• Increase investment opportunities in the field
• Support for a high priority environmental initiative
• Proof-of-concept deployment of pilot units at 2 partner
organizations with land-based coral nurseries in South Florida.
• Planning for next steps in further developing a technologydriven ‘coral restoration economy’ for South Florida.
• Create opportunities for job creation in both tech and
environmental restoration.
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APPENDIX II
All Sectors: County Business Patterns 2020
2020 Miami-Dade Broward Monroe
All Establishments 90,482 64,660 3,885
< 5 employees 62,041 44,082 2,552
5 to 9 employees 12,042 8,182 603
10 to 19 employees 7,587 5,609 364
20 to 49 employees 5,475 4,235 249
50 to 99 employees 1,817 1,367 84
100 to 249 employees 1,062 877 27
250 to 499 employees 314 200 5
500 to 999 employees 51 72 0
1,000 employees or more 23 36 0
1,000 to 1,499 employees 15 16 0
1,500 to 2,499 employees 9 9 0
2,500 to 4,999 employees 15 8 0
5,000 or more employees 4 3 0
Annual Payroll ($1000) All
Establishments
51,381,658 37,387,991 1,182,959
Number of Employees 1,009,024 736,661 32,757
% of Businesses < 19
Employees
0.902% 0.894% 0.906%
Source: U.S. Census, 2020
County Business Patterns
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=CBP2020.CB2000CBP&g=0500000US12011&tid=CBP2020.CB2000CBP
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=CBP2020.CB2000CBP&g=0500000US12086
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=CBP2020.CB2000CBP&g=0500000US12087&tid=CBP2020.CB2000CBP
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APPENDIX III
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END NOTES
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