Development Threats
Ongoing
P&Z Commission Meeting Update: Sports & Entertainment Complex + “Piggyback the RAC”
At the June 30 Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission meeting, the Commission made two...
HFF Opposes Golden Ocala Sports and Entertainment Complex
Golden Ocala Equestrian Land, L.L.C. has submitted applications to allow for an intense commercial...
Don’t Piggyback the RAC!
Thomas R. Moore, a landowner abutting the Rural Activity Center (RAC) at the intersection of NW...
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Resolved
HFF is Raising the Alarm on SB 1118 That Fast-Tracks Development of Agricultural Lands
Horse Farms Forever, Inc.® is raising the alarm on Senate Bill 1118 filed by Senator Stan McClain...
Sumter Electric Cooperative (SECO) Special Use Permit
Sumter Electric Cooperative (SECO) Special Use PermitThe Horse Farms Forever watchdogs have been...
Greenway Trojan Horse – Updated
Tillman and Associates should have played Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi while they rode their Trojan Horse into the Planning and Zoning meeting this week. Not only are they applying to pave 15-acres of paradise with a 500-vehicle parking lot, but it turns out that companies apparently affiliated with On Top of the World have recently bought two adjacent parcels: the 122-acre pasture across the street and the 12-acre horse farm next door to this subject parcel.
Jumbolair Meeting Ends with Win for Community
The dust has begun to settle from the Tuesday, February 20 public hearing on Jumbolair’s...
The Racetrac Shenanigan
RaceTrac has applied to build a truck stop deep inside the Farmland Preservation Area. The County says truck stops are not compatible on agricultural land, so RaceTrac has applied to change the zoning and made some modifications to the plan so that it looks more like a gas station. It’s a shenanigan! Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, RaceTrac is hoping that the disguise will get them in the gate. Once they’re in, the incremental change to a full-scale truck stop will be hard to fight. Let’s take a closer look at this “sheep-nanigan” so we can see the teeth and claws hidden under the fluff.
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