Welcome to myregion.org… I invite you to spend some time exploring the information on our site, because we are extremely proud of the work being done in Central Florida… Led by a group of public, private and civic leaders, myregion.org is encouraging unprecedented cooperation among community leaders to create a coordinated, comprehensive plan for Central Florida's future. By creating a collective vision for the region, we're ensuring Central Florida's place in the global economy and improving opportunities for generations to come. Central Florida has all of the components necessary to be one of the world's greatest and most admired places. A beautiful environment, a thriving tourism industry, and a variety of technological offerings fill our community with countless opportunities to work, grow, play and explore. To provide a sound future for Central Floridians, we must develop a collaborative plan to maximize regional resources based upon expanded research, collective goals and mutual understanding. How will myregion.org do this? Quite simply, myregion.org is a tool. It's a tool that Central Florida will use to break down the barriers that divide us. We will take everything we know about our region, bring it here, mix it all together and watch what happens. We will learn what it takes to turn Central Florida into one region with one goal: to be the best and most prosperous community in the world.   myregion.org is led by a Board of Directors from across the region - Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia Counties - and by the overall framework of the myregion.org Goals and Objectives, Regional Resolves, Regional Priorities and Regional Systems. (click here for a list of Board members.) What has myregion.org done so far? myregion.org wasn't born in a corporate boardroom. No one dreamed it up in a government chamber. This ambitious endeavor came directly from Central Florida's people -- their questions, their worries, their hopes for our community. Please take the time to review what we have accomplished over the past decade with a glimpse at our Project History, an overview of our outstanding Project Accomplishments and the comprehensive collection of nearly a million dollars invested in our Research and Publications. We have also recently completed Where in the World are We? - 2009 Progress Report for the Central Florida Region. I encourage you to download the report as it is a valuable resource to gauge the progress our region has made over the last decade and where we go from here. I look forward to hearing from you as we continue, together,  to build a better future for Central Florida! Shelley Lauten President myregion.org P.O. Box 1234, Orlando, Florida 32802 75 South Ivanhoe Boulevard, Orlando Florida 32804 P: 407.835.2444 F: 407.835.2500 E: shelley.lauten@orlando.org