Recommendations Sought for TPD HQ Site

Submit Parcels for Consideration from Now Through April 18

March 18, 2019

Community recommendations are being sought for the new location of the Tallahassee Police Department’s headquarters. Site recommendations will be accepted through April 18.

The vision for the new headquarters is that it will provide adequate space for TPD’s more than 400 officers and staff, meet current and future operational needs and expand the concept of a traditional police station by also incorporating a variety of publicly available features to serve residents. A multi-functional facility of this type will help police officers connect and build strong bonds with residents, a focus of TPD’s community policing efforts.

All properties recommended will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Minimum of nine acres
• Development (relocation, demolition, etc.)
• Proximity to potential hazards
• Access (vehicular, pedestrian, public transportation)
• Adequacy of infrastructure
• Cost of land acquisition (sales price)
• Appropriate surrounding land use
• Proximity to other City facilities and functions
• Zoning
• Impact of redevelopment
• Proximity to the City center

Visit Talgov.com/TPDHQ for additional details and to submit a recommendation. 

Properties already recommended for consideration, thus not requiring another submission, include Rose Printing, 2503 Jackson Bluff Road; Sears Department Store, 1500 Apalachee Parkway; Bryant Building (State of Florida), 620 S. Meridian Road; Heritage Plaza (Waccamaw), 2810 Sharer Road; Envision Credit Union, 440 N. Monroe St.; Winn Dixie at High Road and Tharpe Street; Center of Tallahassee at 2415 N. Monroe St.; City property at Wilson Green, located near Crawfordville Road & Wilson Green Boulevard; 1317 Winewood Blvd.; Goodwill Office/Warehouse, 240 Mabry St.; Goodwill Retail, 2551 Pensacola St.; portion of Colin English's property on Orange Avenue; City property near Lake Bradford Road and Gamble Street; Koger Center, 2540 W. Executive Center Circle; United State Post Office, 2800 S. Adams St.; 687 Crossway Road; Northwood Mall, 1940 N. Monroe St.; and the existing TPD headquarters site, 234 E. Seventh Ave.

TPD has conducted operations from the headquarters on Seventh Avenue since 1972. Over the past several decades, space constraints to support modern public safety services have continued to mount within the current building, which was originally designed for other purposes and is nearly 100 years old. The department has grown considerably in terms of the number of employees and the variety of services it offers to the community since moving into the current facility. During the evaluation of TPD’s current headquarters, it was identified that the future home for TPD needed to serve a much broader purpose.

For more information on the site selection process for TPD’s new headquarters, visit Talgov.com/TPDHQ. Learn more about TPD at Talgov.com or by following @TallyPD on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.