Florida Heartland Economic Region of Opportunity

the region's own economic development voice

Founded

2016

Evidence class

publicly verified operating

Placed at

2016: first documented year on the map; founding year not recorded

Place

Okeechobee

District

Okeechobee

Status as of 12 September 2026

Operating; markets the six counties and the Glades cities as the South Central Rural Area of Opportunity.

Connections

3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.063 (rank 23 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.019 (rank 28) · outside share 0.33

Confidence

High · sources: [FHERO] [CIQF] [FREDA] [FS288] [SSMAG] (register)

The successor to Florida's Heartland REDI registers from Okeechobee and represents the region under the state's rural area of opportunity statute, covering DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and Okeechobee counties plus Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay and Immokalee [FHERO][CIQF][FREDA][FS288]. It enters the map at its documented registration era [CIQF].

Connections

Location and lineage

• holdsBelle Gladeone of the four member cities of the regionongoing
• tied venture or seatOkeechobeeheadquarters city of the regional organization2010s to present

Collaboration

• collaborationCentral Florida Regional Planning Councilregional planning and regional economic marketing cover the same countiesongoing