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Mobile Technology and Social Media Firms Growing in Pasco
Pasco County is rapidly beginning to see more social and mobile technology companies sprout up.

Organizations like BallyWhoSocial, Head of Lettuce Media, and the social media platform LifeDash, are examples of social savvy companies that are beginning to thrive in Pasco County. The latest technology start-up in Pasco County is SavvyPhone that has created a new technology for business card referrals for your smart phone.

This new technology called SavvyCard is changing the way that business cards are used through mobile technology. In a world where businesses are going paperless every day, it is only a matter of time before paper business cards will be a thing of the past.



SavvyCard is like a business card on your cell phone. It provides all of the information that your business card provides, only virtually like a “mini website” that is also optimized to show up on search engines. In 2012, SavvyCard won a CoolTech award from the Tampa Bay Technology Forum

The idea was inspired by word-of-mouth referrals and David Etheredge, co-founder and CEO says that SavvyCard is not intended to replace physical business cards, but to offer users a way to track referrals.

Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal, Article: Online business card system finds receptive audience

For more information on SavvyCard go to: http://savvycard.net/

Source: Pasco County Economic Development Council, Summer Martin

Pasco Sweeps "Future of the Region" Award
The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) awarded Pasco County the coveted One Bay Award, effectively elevating the county to elite status among Tampa Bay communities.  TBRPC is the regional expert when it comes to land planning and development. This is the second year Pasco County was chosen for the OneBay award–and also only the second year the award has been in existence.

The award was given to Pasco County for innovatively becoming Florida’s first county to adopt the mobility fee as a replacement of transportation impact fees. The Pasco Economic Development Council partnered with the County to craft the program and gain support from the development community to help adopt the fee. The new fee schedule dramatically lowers the cost of office and industrial development in Pasco County.  For example, Pasco’s mobility fee for office, industrial and transit-oriented development along US-19 and S.R. 54/56 corridors is $0. The intent of the Commissioners’ action is to stimulate construction and job creation.

Also at the “Future of the Region Awards,” Pasco County took first place in the Development/Infrastructure category, again, for its mobility fee program, and first place in the Cultural/Sports/Recreation category for the Pasco County Starkey Wilderness Park Trail Project (Phases I through IV). An Honorable Mention was also given to Pasco County for its Elderly Nutrition Program.

“It was like sweeping the Grammys!  Pasco County won more awards than any organization,” said John Hagen, Pasco EDC President/CEO. “The mobility fee is truly innovative and puts Pasco County in a class by itself.  It provides a decided business advantage over other communities.  For office, hotel, and industrial users in the key development corridors along US 19 and SR 54/56, it’s free.  It is gratifying to see Pasco County receive the attention it deserves for its bold leadership to encourage job creation.”

TBRPC exemplifies the significance of innovative planning and provides honor and recognition for notable achievements in resource planning and management in the Tampa Bay Area.  Over 30 applications were received covering the following categories:  Community Service, Cultural/Sports/Recreation, Development/Infrastructure, Natural Resources/Environment, Going Green, and Public Education.  An Independent Awards Jury reviewed each entry on the following criteria:  regional quality of life benefit, benefit to environment, innovation, cost effectiveness, capacity for continuing impact, and regional benefit.


Top 10 reasons to be thankful in Pasco County

What do businesses and people have to be thankful for in Pasco County and Tampa Bay?

Here is our top 10 list of things to be thankful for in Pasco County. Please feel free to add additional ones in the comments below!

  1. We’re thankful for Room To Grow In Tampa Bay.
  2. We’re thankful to have lower taxes than almost anywhere!
  3. We’re thankful that Pasco County is only 20 minutes away from one of the USA’s most loved airports, Tampa International Airport.
  4. We’re thankful to be close to the largest seaport in Florida.
  5. We’re thankful to live in a rich eco-friendly environment near beaches, parks and fabulous kayaking in one of our many springs.
  6. We’re thankful to be connected to major interstates like I-75 so that our businesses can get the access they need to flourish.
  7. We’re thankful to have the No. 1 workforce board in Florida! Way to go CareerCentral.jobs!
  8. We’re thankful to have such great places to learn through our public schools, Saint Leo University, Pasco-Hernando Community College, Rasmussen College, the University of South Florida and so many more!
  9. We’re thankful to be in a county where government, businesses and citizens believe in economic development and have a great vision for the future of Pasco County.
  10. We are thankful that entrepreneurship is alive in Pasco County through the Pasco Enterprise Network.

What are you thankful for in Pasco County?

Read the full press release at Pasco Economic Development Council's blog.



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