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| Benchmark | Benchmark Description | Baseline | Output To Date | Target | Unit | Leader | Percent Completed | Percent Tasks Completed | Total Funds Received | |||||||
| Glades Champion Community-1 | To promote entrepreneurial development by providing technical assistance to 12 small and emerging businesses and creating 34 jobs per year through incubator services, entrepreneurial training and business information programs. | 0 | 47 | 55 | # of businesses started | 85% | 58% | $445,960 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-2 | To provide 10 loans per year to start-up and expanding businesses in the Glades area with a special focus on low to moderate income individuals/neighborhoods and minority/women businesses. | 0 | 7 | 10 | # of loans given | 70% | 50% | $3,813,898 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-3 | Ensure that infrastructure is in place to attract quality businesses to the area. Infrastructures include water, sewer, roads, electronic services and possible speculative buildings that would assist businesses locating in the area. | 0 | 18 | 150 | # of jobs created | Belle Glade Economic Development Committee, South Bay, and Pahokee City Managers | 12% | 20% | $3,086,000 | |||||||
| Glades Champion Community-4 | Rehabilitate water, sewer, roads, airports and contaminated areas to meet regulatory agencies' standards and achieve redevelopment. | 0 | 1 | 4 | # of projects | 25% | 13% | $14,234,199 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-5 | Diversify the economy by (a) developing and promoting nature & heritage-based tourism businesses through the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail (LOST); and (b) developing ecological, cultural, and recreational facilities near the lake, with bike lanes, sidewalks, and greenways/trails linking the Glades communities and attracting thousands of Floridians and tourists anually. | 0 | 1 | 25 | # of new facilities | 4% | 27% | $17,428,762 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-6 | Diversify the Glades agricultural economy by expanding or attracting value-added businesses and assisting growers in identifying new markets for existing products and in developing processes to create new products. | 0 | 2 | 5 | # of businesses started | 40% | 100% | $40,000 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-7 | Provide training for residents to be placed in jobs with two major public works projects, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP) and the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail (LOST. | 0 | 0 | 20 | # of participants | 0% | 100% | $50,000 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-8 | Create a one-stop center to consolidate services to increaase the level of job skills, education, literacy and basic skills training. | 0 | 410 | 300 | # of clients placed in jobs | 137% | 100% | $0 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-9 | Administer and implement areawide redevelopment projects involving the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) and Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail (LOST). | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of businesses started | 0% | 20% | $205,000 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-10 | Develop and expand availability of transportation services within the Glades area and from the Glades to the coastal area of Palm Beach County. | 0 | 0 | 3278 | # of clients served | 0% | 50% | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Glades Champion Community-11 | Diversify and increase housing in the Glades area to accommodate all income levels. | 0 | 0 | 480 | # of houses constructed | 0% | 33% | $2,095,610 | ||||||||
*Source: USDA-OCD Benchmark Management System
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