Chloe Coney
Title: President and CEO
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Corporation to Develop Communties of Tampa, Inc.
2631 E. Lake Avenue
Tampa, Fl 33610
Phone: (813) 248-9738
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Chloe J. Coney is the President/Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc. (CDC of Tampa, Inc.) She was one of the Founders and the First Chief Executive Officer. Chloe’s strategic vision for the CDC of Tampa, Inc. is to be a non-profit community based, community owned development corporation whose mission is to raise the economic, educational, and social levels of the residents of economically depressed areas of Hillsborough County. This is done by creating jobs, providing job training, building community pride, promoting entrepreneurship, developing youth leadership, revitalizing commercial areas, and building affordable housing.
The CDC Of Tampa, Inc. Nehemiah Project Community Building “Brick by Brick” has spent a decade providing community and economic development services to East Tampa bringing $25 million in public/private ventures to the community. Under Mrs. Coney’s leadership, the CDC has successfully built a 2,700 sq. ft Laundromat and Ice Cream Shop run by the area’s youth, rehabilitated an old bar into a 5,000 sq. ft. Youth and Family Center, created an East Tampa Business Center which houses six small business incubator storefronts. She also operates a One Stop Capital Center (24,000 sq. ft.) that houses CDC’s Administrative operations containing the Career Resource Center, Business Resource Center, and Housing Opportunity Center. The latest project is $3 million to build an Urban Enterprise Center that will bring jobs into East Tampa.
The non-profit corporation enjoyed local, state, and national recognition for its revitalization and economic developments, which includes an Urban Infill Tax Credit Apartment Complex of 43 units of affordable housing for families. The CDC also has on its agenda a commitment to build 25 new single-family homes.
Previously, Mrs. Coney was the Center Manager of the Lee Davis Neighborhood Service Center, the largest (36,000 square feet) “One Stop Social and Medical Center” in Hillsborough County, Florida. As the Manager of the Center, Mrs. Coney led the effort to restore a sense of pride, ownership, and community in Tampa’s Eastside neighborhoods. She has served as the Seed Coordinator for the Department of Justice Tampa Weed and Seed Program. She has also worked as a Probation and Parole Officer with the Department of Corrections; Intake Counselor/Mediator with the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Hillsborough County; and Marketing Representative for Florida Power, Inc. in Clearwater, FL.
She is a member of the following organizations:
Florida Affordable Housing Study Commission - Tallahassee, FL
Tampa Bay Area Faith-Based Alliance - Technical Advisor
Nat’l Center of Neighborhood Enterprise Board of Directors – Washington D.C.
Nat’l Congress for Community Economic Development – Board of Directors -Washington, D.C.
Neighborhood Lending Partners (NLP) – Board of Directors
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce – Board Member
East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership (ETCRP) - Executive Committee and Chairperson of Economic Development Committee
Hillsborough County United Way Self-Sufficiency Task Force
USF - Community Partnership Center
Hope IV Advisory Board Tampa Housing Authority
Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce – Tallahassee, FL
FAMU Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Leadership Tampa 02
Washington Mutual Bank Advisory Board
Some of her proudest achievements have been the prestigious honor of being selected to the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame; the University of South Florida President’s Distinguished Citizen Award; the Hillsborough County Chamber of Commerce H.L. Culbreth Award for Leadership; the Onyx Award for Community Service – Orlando, FL; the NCCJ 2004 Silver Medallion Humanitarian Award; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Community Service Award; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unsung Hero Award for Community Service – TOBA- Eddie Award for excellence, dedication and devotion by Hillsborough County District Schools; the Achievement Against the Odds Award – NCNE Washington, D.C.; and also winning the Ameritech Award of Excellence in Crime Prevention – Washington, D.C.
A thirty year veteran and advocate for community building and revitalizing of neighborhoods, she conducts workshops across the country. She also speaks at Women’s retreats and churches about Christian Community Economic Development. Mrs. Coney was featured in the “Beyond the Comfort Zone” section of the book God Just Showed Up: “Stories of Hope In Everyday Experiences” by Linda Watkins.
She has a B.A. in Sociology/Corrections from Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, FL and a Master’s Degree in Biblical Counseling from Florida Beacon Bible College in Largo, FL. She completed courses on Community, Housing and Economic Development from Development Training Institute (DTI), Neighborhood Leadership Development Institute (NCCED) and Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC). She received her Honorary Doctorate Degree from Blessed Hope Bible College, Tampa, Florida. Mrs. Coney is married to Pastor Ernest Coney Sr., Senior Pastor of Spirit of Truth Ministries, and is the proud mother of 3 lovely children.
