In response to numerous fiscal challenges, Pinellas County developed a ten-year budget forecast for its ten major funds in 2010. Previously the County had produced ad-hoc forecasts as part of its budget process, but the Forecast had never been formalized into a stand-alone document over a ten-year time horizon. Disappointed with a review of various forecast documents from other local governments across the country, Pinellas County chose to create a completely original forecast document. Our Forecast document includes: an economic overview at the national, state, and local level; complete transparency and information regarding the key revenue and expenditure assumptions driving the forecasts; pro-formas and charts for each of the ten key fund forecasts; and user friendly analyses of the individual fund forecasts that include balancing strategies for each of the funds.