Carpe Diem Community Solutions has a proven background and the unique ability to plan and implement the appropriate public educational awareness tools
and involvement experiences.

Tommie Speights recently joined Carpe Diem Community Solutions as a Public Involvement Associate. His distinguished career includes twenty-two years of service as the Public Information Director for Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Three (D3).

Carpe Diem Community Solutions is working in communities facilitating visioning, strategic planning, and community building opportunities. Carpe Diem Community Solutions (CDCS) president, Lynn Cherry, has over twenty-five years of public involvement experience. CDCS designs public engagement and awareness strategies around the focal point of community approval. The strategies employed are flexible and adapted to meet the needs of the community and the site. CDCS is skilled at working with citizens, stakeholders, environmental agencies, governmental officials, and the media. CDCS has designed and implemented successful public involvement activities for a wide variety of clients.

Transportation Related Public Involvement

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West Florida Regional Planning Council
	Carpe Diem Community Solutions is serving as the public involvement consultant for the FL AL Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), Okaloosa-Walton County's TPO, and the Bay County TPO.
Projects include:
FL AL TPO Project
Project Name:	Long Range Transportation Plan
Website:	http://www.wfrpc.org/flaltpo
Scope of Work:	Public Involvement Consultant: CDCS is responsible for media relations, focus group development and administration, and public information.
Location:	Regional
County:	Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties & Lillian, AL
Prime Consultant:	Atkins
POC:	Wiley Page, AICP
	Jacksonville, FL
	(904) 363-6100 x 8461
	Wiley.Page@atkinsglobal.com
Dates:	July 2009 - December 2010
WFRPC POC:	Gary Kramer
	W FL Regional Planning Council
	Pensacola, FL
	(850) 332-7976 x 219
	gary.kramer@wfrpc.org
Project Name:	SR 90 Corridor Management Plan
Scope of Work:	Public Involvement Consultant: CDCS is responsible for media relations, property owner notification, public information, collection of public input data and report development.
County:	Santa Rosa County
Prime Consultant:	Atkins
POC:	Wiley Page, AICP
	Jacksonville, FL
	(904) 363-6100 x 8461
	Wiley.Page@atkinsglobal.com
Dates:	November 2010 - June 2011
WFRPC POC:	Brian Youpatoff
	W FL Regional Planning Council
	Pensacola, FL
	(850) 332-7976 x 224
	brian.youpatoff@wfrpc.org

Okaloosa-Walton County, FL TPO Projects
Project Name:	SR 85 Corridor Management Plan
Scope of Work:	Public Involvement Consultant: CDCS is responsible for media relations, property owner notification, public information, collection of public input data and report development.
County:	Okaloosa Walton Counties
Prime Consultant:	DRMP
POC:	Ben Faust, P.E.
	Panama City Beach, FL
	(850) 258-4520
	bfaust@drmp.com
Dates:	November 2009 - June 2010
WFRPC POC:	Nick Nickoloff, AICP (Retired)
	W FL Regional Planning Council
	Pensacola, FL
	(850) 332-7976 x 212
	Nick.Nickoloff@wfrpc.org

Project Name:	Long Range Transportation Plan
Scope of Work:	Public Involvement Consultant: CDCS is responsible for media relations, focus group development and administration, and public information.
Location:	Regional
County:	Okaloosa Walton Counties
Prime Consultant:	Atkins
POC:	Wiley Page, AICP
	Jacksonville, FL
	(904) 363-6100 x 8461
	Wiley.Page@atkinsglobal.com
Dates:	September 2010 - April 2012
WFRPC POC:	Christy Johnson
	W FL Regional Planning Council
	Pensacola, FL
	(850) 332-7976 x 203
	Christy.Johnson@wfrpc.org

Bay County, FL TPO Projects
Project Name:	Long Range Transportation Plan
Website:	Bay County TPO
Scope of Work:	Public Involvement Consultant: CDCS is responsible for media relations, focus group development and administration, and public information.
County:	Bay County
Prime Consultant:	DRMP
POC:	Ben Faust, P. E.
	Panama City Beach, FL
	(850) 258-4520
	bfaust@drmp.com
Dates:	November 2009 - March 2011
WFRPC POC:	Gary Kramer
	W FL Regional Planning Council
	Pensacola, FL
	(850) 332-7976 x 219
	gary.kramer@wfrpc.org

Bay County, FL
Project Name:	Grand Lagoon Project (A DOT Lap Program)
Project Number:	415069-1-38-01
Scope of Work:	Public Information Officer: CDCS is responsible for development of a public information plan, media relations, web site development (www.grandlagoonproject.com) and maintenance, property owner communications, and public information.
County:	Bay County
Prime Consultant:	Metric Engineering
POC:	Ed Goddin
	Panama City, FL
	(850) 230-6111
	egoddin@metriceng.com
Dates:	September 2009 - April 2011
DOT POC:	Tommie Speights
	FDOT3
	tommie.speights@dot.state.fl.us
	(850) 638-0250 x 1208
City of Panama City, FL Planning Project
Project Name:	Future Land Use Code Development
Scope of Work:	Public Involvement Consultant: CDCS is responsible for facilitating steering committee meetings and public workshops, collection of public input data and report development, as well as supporting the development of changing the future land use code and zoning for the City of Panama City. CDCS co-developed an issue brief and conducted a survey for the public workshop. The issue brief features three approaches regarding how to revitalize downtown Panama City.  The three approaches are as follows: Expand the list of uses allowed in Downtown Expand the list of uses allowed in Downtown and promote Downtown as an urban neighborhood Expand the list of uses allowed in Downtown and promote Downtown as a regional destination Click here to view the Revitalizing Our City: Pumping Life into the Heart of Panama City Issue Brief   Written and produced by Wood + Partners, Wendy Grey Land Use Planning and Carpe Diem Community Solutions
	Click here to view the survey results report
Location:	City of Panama City
County:	Bay County
Prime Consultant:	Wood + Partners
POC:	Shawn Kalbli, AICP
	Tallahassee, FL
	(850) 391-0360
	SKalbli@woodandpartners.com
Dates:	April - December 2010
Panama City POC:	Allara Gutcher Former Panama City Planning Director (850) 319-9180 allara@theplanningcollaborative.com