That was the message from Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill to the commission during the first and maybe only workshop on his $3.96 billion operating budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
One highlight of Wednesday afternoon’s hour-long session was a plan to spend up to $20 million on unspecified projects across the county through the Hillsborough County Community Redevelopment Program.
The program, according to its official description, addresses “uneven growth patterns in under served areas of the county and brings together multiple community resources to areas to be determined by the board of county commissioners.”