Ruskin Center - Downtown Ruskin Florida

The Ruskin Community Plan is now an award-winning project after taking top honors in the development category at the annual Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council awards.

The Ruskin Community plan was developed by dedicated and enthusiastic individuals who volunteered their time for the future of their community. The plan was developed under the County's Community-Based Planning program which was formed to empower citizens to better understand and participate in planning for their neighborhoods and communities by providing them with access and involvement in the growth management process.

On August 8, 2005, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
unanimously approved adopting the plan into the County's Comprehensive Plan.

Renew Downtown Ruskin

The Ruskin Downtown posses a unique history and has a good existing infrastructure; both of which can be built upon to create a sustainable business, government and cultural center for a rapidly growing market area of substantially higher disposable income families.

This renewal program will include the design and construction of public facilities that will help to attract future private investors to the community, as well as requiring the design and construction of private structures that will in turn reinforce and compliment public investment.

All aspects of design should emphasize the pedestrian.

Common elements will include: