We have learned nothing from over development in other parts of Florida. It seems our county government is standing at the courthouse door waving developers through with a green flag.
Excerpt from a good article....
The Secrets of Successful Small Communities
Pick and Choose Among Development Projects
All development is not created equal. Some development projects will make a community a better place to live, work and visit. Other projects will not.
The biggest impediment to better development in many communities is a fear of saying “no” to anything.
In my experience,
communities that will not say “no” to bad development, will get the worst of everything. The proof is everywhere. Communities that set low standards or no standards will compete to the bottom. On the other hand, communities that set high standards will compete to the top. This is because they know that if they say no to bad development they will always get better development in its place.
Too many elected officials have an “it’ll do” attitude toward new development. Worse yet, they’ll accept anything that comes down the pike, even if the proposed project is completely at odds with the community’s well thought out vision for the future. They are simply afraid to place any demands on a developer for fear that the developer will walk away if the community asks for too much.
The lesson learned is that successful communities have high expectations. They know that community identity is more important than corporate design preferences.
Don't think we are embracing this concept
