The Eight Goals of the Tamarac Economic Development Strategy

1. Recruit and attract businesses that provide quality employment opportunities for the residents of Tamarac.
2. Work with the businesses located within Tamarac to assist in the retention and expansion of those businesses.
3. Become recognized as a leader in advocating for the support of Economic Development programs on a Local, County, State, and Federal level.
4. Identify needed infrastructure improvements, and support efforts to expand Economic Development opportunities.
5. Provide a small business environment that supports new and existing businesses, and offers the opportunity for profitability and growth.
6. Secure the continued fiscal health of Tamarac.
7. Attract a full service hotel/conference center to Westpoint Centre in Tamarac Commerce Park.
8. Create and promote the Main Street project.

Tamarac, Florida...
Your Address for Business Success

Tamarac is located in the center of the dynamic Broward County, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Tri-County market, with a year 2005 population of 5.5 million and $27.6 billion in taxable sales volume in Broward County alone. The City occupies twelve square miles in central Broward and is within easy driving distance of three (3) international airports providing air service to major markets in the U.S. and abroad, including Miami International, which is a major gateway to South America. In close proximity to each airport is a major seaport with up-to-date container facilities. Train service, both passenger and freight, is provided by Tri Rail, Amtrak, and CSX. No other area in the nation offers TRANSPORT, a unique combination of superhighways, railways, airways, and waterways. Tamarac is less than 15 minutes from this complex.

Thriving Business Park

Bordering on the Everglades with access from the Sawgrass Expressway is the 500-acre Tamarac Commerce Park, zoned for light industrial usage. Within this park is Westpoint, a mixed-use business project with a pre-developed master plan that calls for a 150-room hotel, office and retail sites, and 26 acres of lakes. City Furniture, on of Floridas largest furniture distribution firms, has invested $45 million here in a one-million-square-foot corporate headquarters and regional distribution center. The park has a growing list of blue chip neighbors including Arch Aluminum and Glass, L.C., Aurafin, Covergys, Sonnys Enterprises, Inc., Interplex Sunbelt Inc., Culligan Water and Zephryhills Water, which expands the list of Major Employers located in Tamarac.

Reduced Red Tape

Tamaracs approach to working with its business partners is very different from many economic development programs. Their philosophy is really quite simple: provide access to honest, fair and open governmentstraight talk - with an objective to facilitate the planning and permitting process in a manner that provides a win-win opportunity for the City and good business.

An Expanding Retail Market

Tamarac offers an exciting retail environment. Forty-three Shopping Centers, many of them located along major thoroughfares running the width and length of the County, make Tamarac easily accessable to surrounding communities. The restaurant industry, represented by the Golden Corral restaurant and Cheddar's is enjoying a booming business, and the City is actively recruiting more to meet the increasing demand.

Tamarac is For You!

Well-kept homes, lush golf courses, modern recreational facilities and a low crime rate make residents happy to call Tamarac home. Tamarac has a varied housing stock ranging from rental apartments to golf course communities to single-family homes to town homes.

The City is home to A rated public schools including: Tamarac Elementary, Challenger Elementary, and Millennium Middle School. For youths and active adults the Parks and Recreation Department sponsors team sports and fitness programs. The City also hosts many special events including the Halloween Fair, Jr. Orange Bowl Queen Contest, and July 4th Concert and Fireworks.

The Broward County Sheriffs Office provides full time law enforcement backed up by volunteer citizen neighborhood patrols. These efforts allow Tamarac to boast the lowest crime rate for a city of its size in Broward County. And our Fire Rescue service provides advanced life support capabilities from cross-trained paramedics and fire fighters.

Tamarac offers a family-oriented, quite residential setting amidst a thriving business environment that offers an array of industrial, technical, and service jobs. We invite you to visit our City and become a part of the excitement.

For more information on Tamarac, Call the Economic Development Division at
(954)597-3513.