Developers Pat Neal, Rex Jensen and others claim they're just getting started here, when home builders have already clear-cut tens of thousands of acres of habitat, agricultural lands and open space in the last few years alone.
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| Skye Ranch townhomes under construction, Clark Road |
This Board of County Commissioners serves as a rubber stamp for their efforts, which has released without accountability, many thousands of tons of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, replaced the function and value of the land, the carbon sink and storm water attenuation properties of the land with impervious surface.
Research shows the short and long term effects of such irresponsible actions to be:
- Dramatic increases in the heat island effect.
- Dramatic increases in toxic pollution in storm water runoff into impacted water bodies and the Gulf of Mexico.
- Increased destruction of wildlife habitats and wetlands, exacerbating the extinction crisis.
- Extreme increases in releases of methane and CO2, contributing to the climate change crisis.
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| More than 25,000 homes approved in one area of NE Sarasota Cty |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton
- New per 1,000 existing 2021: 36.2
- New per 1,000 existing 2019: 23.6
- Total new units authorized 2021: 15,924
- Total new units authorized 2019: 10,009
- Percentage change in housing units authorized 2019–2021: 59.1%
- Median home price: $471,267
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| 2022 cost to build a house |
United States
- New per 1,000 existing 2021: 12.
- Recent FDH: No swim advisory issued for Palma Sola South.
Gayle Reynolds,
Conservation Chair,
M/S Sierra Club
Ed's note: The text of Reynold's message is verbatim. Images were added by the editor.
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