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	Record Group Number:	000100
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 881
	Creator:	Florida. Office of the Governor.
	Title, Dates:	Coastal Plains Regional Commission meeting files, 1975-1981.
	Amount:	6.00 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological.
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	Biographical/Historical:	In March 1975, Florida joined the Coastal Plains Regional Commission, which included counties in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. The Commission was one of eleven established under Title V of the federal Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. The Commission supplied regions with grants-in-aid to promote economic development and maintain an effective federal-state partnership to foster accelerated but orderly economic growth. The Governor was the official member of the Commission but was represented by the Lieutenant Governor. Lt. Governor and Secretary of Administration Jim Williams served as representative under Governor Askew; Lt. Governor and Secretary of Commerce Wayne Mixon served as representative under Governor Graham. The Coastal Plains Regional Commission ended in 1981 when federal funding was discontinued.
	Summary:	The series contains Commission and Advisory Committee meeting files regarding planning for and administration of the Commission in Florida and other participating states from 1975-1981. The records also include resolutions and annual reports.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Economic development. Regional planning Florida Environmental policy Florida Federal aid to regional planning Florida
	Added Entries	Mixson, Wayne, 1922- Williams, James Hunter, 1926- Florida Office of the Lieutenant Governor. United States. Coastal Plains Regional Commission.