Orange County wants to mark $100 million to buy environmentally sensitive land while it can

 Orange County wants to mark $100 million to buy environmentally sensitive land while it can - Orlando Sentinel

It’s been 11 years since Orange County bought an acre of environmentally sensitive land under its decades-old Green PLACE initiative.

The program’s advisory committee, created to evaluate and prioritize potential land buys, hasn’t met since 2012.

“In a growing county and state, it becomes increasingly more important to have a preservation plan in place,” Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said after the environmental protection division unveiled a reboot of the program earlier this year. “God is not making any more land.”

Outlined in detail Tuesday, the goal is to double the county’s inventory of environmentally sensitive land to 46,000 acres or more by 2030

Meet the man behind the proposed Gas Worx neighborhood by Ybor City, Tampa FL

 TAMPA, Fla. - A dilapidated warehouse and industrial district on the southern edge of Ybor City is slated for drastic change. It will be a new neighborhood firmly rooted in the history of old Ybor City.

"There are few places in America, let alone in Florida, where you can see genuine history, authenticity, and just that great character," said Graham Tyrrell, senior vice president of Kettler Inc.

Tyrell represents the master developer of a planned 50-acre project that’s known, for now, as Gas Worx. The mixed-use development of residential, office and retail would fill in the area between Ybor City and the Channel District.

Meet the man behind the proposed Gas Worx neighborhood (fox13news.com)

FARMWORKERS HOTLINE helps Florida farmworkers during pandemic

 

FARMWORKERS HOTLINE helps Florida farmworkers during pandemic (wtxl.com)

Posted at 10:42 AM, Jun 09, 2021

 

and last updated 10:42 AM, Jun 09, 2021

FT. MYERS, Fla. (PRNewswire) — Farmworkers statewide can call a toll-free number, 1-844-44-FARMWORKERS (OR 1-844-443-2769) to get free legal assistance with issues on the rise because of the Covid-19 crisis, including access to vaccines.

Florida Rural Legal Services (FRLS), a non-profit law firm, launched the line specifically catered to the needs of Florida farmworkers, with a live response team available during extended hours and communication in three languages.

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Florida’s controversial toll roads projects are scrapped

 TALLAHASSEE — Two years after ordering the state to build more than 300 miles of toll roads across rural Florida, state lawmakers slammed the brakes.

With little debate, the Florida House on Tuesday voted 115-0 to repeal the bulk of the controversial projects, sending the bill to DeSantis’ desk.

The bill is an extraordinary reversal of a top Republican priority from 2019, and Democrats declared it a victory, House Minority Co-leader Evan Jenne, D-Dania Beach, told reporters on Monday.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/04/27/floridas-controversial-toll-roads-projects-are-scrapped/

2020 Land Market Survey Shows Land the Only Commercial Asset with Positive Growth in 2020

 April 20, 2021 (Chicago) – The REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI) and National Association of REALTORS® Research Group have released the results of their latest Land Market Survey. The survey shows that while the COVID-19 pandemic battered the commercial real estate market in 2020, the land market held up to the pandemic’s severe blow, according to survey participants. A 3% increase in land sales contrasts starkly with a 40% drop in commercial sales transactions of properties or portfolios of at least $2.5 million

https://www.rliland.com/2020-land-market-survey/?utm_source=RLI%20Informz%20Email&utm_medium=RLI%20Email&utm_campaign=Informz%20Email

Controlled fires in Florida Everglades being set to eliminate ‘monster’ invasive plant

 

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Fire crews with the National Park Service have been igniting controlled fires in the Florida Everglades to control an invasive vine that’s been wreaking havoc on the native ecosystem.

The plant, called Lygodium Microphyllum - and also known as Old World Climbing Fern - is a stealthy and invasive plant that was likely introduced as decorative vegetation that made its way into the Everglades in 1999.

 

https://www.floridatrend.com/article/30888/thursdays-daily-pulse#more

 

The 'Music Is Going To Stop': The Homebuilder Land Grab Is A Crisis In The Making

The nation’s largest homebuilders are buying up undeveloped land at a frantic pace. With Americans clamoring for new single-family homes to purchase and rent, the short-term outlook for homebuilding has rarely been better.

But analysts are worried that as interest rates and mortgage rates rise, all those land purchases could create an economic pinch for homebuilders that overextended themselves.

https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/home/studiob-walker-dunlop-webcast-ivy-zelman-diana-olick-homebuilding-land-grab-107967