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Mermaid

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Aug 11, 2005
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SoWalSally said:
From Walton Sun


?We all have an ability to conserve and preserve,? said Barbara Stokes, managing member for Stokes Development.
Stokes? company is planning Caspian Estates, a nine-lot, 1.27-acre development on CR 30-A. After learning of a vegetative community on the property, the company revised the development plans.
Though it is cheaper to clear-cut a lot, Stokes? aim is to construct developments that are aesthetically compatible with the buildings and landscape of 30A.
?(The native vegetation) is part of the reason people come here,? Stokes said.


I googled "Caspian Estates" and "Stokes Development" and came up with nothing. Does anyone know if this is the obscenely small wedge-shaped piece of land in front of the Cassine Gardens townhomes? If it is (and only if it is), I am less than impressed with the developer's self-congratulary pat on the back about their environmental awareness and compassion. You could hardly put a Seaside post office on that wedge, let alone cram in nine residences as they're planning. :sosad:
 

Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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florida girl said:
As a native South Walton Countian, a former tree farmer, yes, in South Walton, I don't see where those protesting have any idea of what they are talking about. Our climate and vegetation is most likely unlike where ever it is you are from, but here, trees grow every where without difficulty. I used to periodically remove them from my roof! I clear cut about 35 acres in South Walton about 20 years ago, and the next year or so there were more seedlings growing on it than you could believe! The neet thing about Pine seeds is that they have a wing on them that enables them to fly! As long as the state, etc., ownes so many thousands of acres of forest land, there's plenty of seeds to go around! Sure I like trees, have a lot of them, but I know that if they are not controled, they will grow anywhere! Funny thing about man, we're supposed to manage the earth.
Are you for real?:dunno:
 

Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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Mermaid said:
I googled "Caspian Estates" and "Stokes Development" and came up with nothing. Does anyone know if this is the obscenely small wedge-shaped piece of land in front of the Cassine Gardens townhomes? If it is (and only if it is), I am less than impressed with the developer's self-congratulary pat on the back about their environmental awareness and compassion. You could hardly put a Seaside post office on that wedge, let alone cram in nine residences as they're planning. :sosad:
It is not that parcel Mermaid. That piece is owned by Cassine's developer, Howard.

I will mention that Ms Stokes was ready to clear cut the entire property until Anita Page (sp?) stood up and objected at a recent County Commissioner's meeting. Ms Stokes says, oh, I was unaware that the vegetation on my property is listed as endangered but Ms Page has made me aware and we are environmentally concerned so we will not clear cut, even though we have the right to do so. :bang: :bang::bang::bang:This is why I say people should have to go to some sort of school for developing land rather than allowing any yahoo to go crazy.
 

florida girl

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Feb 3, 2006
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What I find incredibly difficult to understand is that you are talking about a tiny lot of 1.27 acres! Just a drip in the whole scheme of things! Did it ever occur to anyone what their place looked like before they bought it? I well remember miles and miles of woods! Nothing! Then one happy patron went home and told their friends and family, and next thing you know, the place is over run! If you don't like what's going on here then why did you decide to buy and have a house built? The first thing they did was clear the lot to build your house! Very few were actually built amidst the vegetation. And if you are one of those in areas with close neighbors with lots of vegetion between you, did it occur to you what kind of fire hazzard that is? Our local fire departments shudder at the thought of a fire ever getting started at some of our esteemed developments!!! I think people are bored and need to get out more.
 

Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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florida girl, there is a big difference between clear cutting and clearing footprints for homes. If every lot was clearcut in SoWal, we would have no vegetation, except maybe for some planted Palm Trees. I would never buy a property which had be clear cut. There are more important things in this world that often get thrown aside in the way of laziness and money. Plants, animals, and ecosystems are not less important than a developers' bottom line.
 

Amp22

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Jan 11, 2005
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florida girl said:
What I find incredibly difficult to understand is that you are talking about a tiny lot of 1.27 acres!

Try broadening your outlook a bit. It's the entire issue that we are concerned with, not just one lot.
 

Franny

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Mar 27, 2005
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florida girl said:
As a native South Walton Countian, a former tree farmer, yes, in South Walton, I don't see where those protesting have any idea of what they are talking about. Our climate and vegetation is most likely unlike where ever it is you are from, but here, trees grow every where without difficulty. I used to periodically remove them from my roof! I clear cut about 35 acres in South Walton about 20 years ago, and the next year or so there were more seedlings growing on it than you could believe! The neet thing about Pine seeds is that they have a wing on them that enables them to fly! As long as the state, etc., ownes so many thousands of acres of forest land, there's plenty of seeds to go around! Sure I like trees, have a lot of them, but I know that if they are not controled, they will grow anywhere! Funny thing about man, we're supposed to manage the earth.
What the heck???? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :bang: :bang:
 
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