We are simply witnessing a feast of consequences.
With State Conservation and Recreation Environmental Preservation Fee Simple Public Lands purchase effectively stopped a lot of acreage has morphed to “ inevitable “ development, mostly boring. But very profitable.
I recall Clay Counter Planner Dick Post way back in the 80’s........ subtle warning of What Could Happen.
Seemed unimaginable to some back then.
Then Riverside resident Susan Fraser becomes Clay Planner Director, in step with entrenched Clay Development Directive, the footprint can even be revealed via Clay County Official Record Book and Page research, speculation even hinting to eventual FL DOT Director family ties.Genesis Group.
Then a former Prosser Hallock Planner and Consultant/ St John Nocotee ends up as Clay Planner.
Two Lake Asbury Sector Plans ......
And of course Jon Delaney Brannon Chaffee “ Stand Alone- Not an Outer Beltway Piece”
So here some are pontificating on the horrible Suburb. In our region, the Edge City Suburbs a needed facility for alternative to Duval, militant anti Duval outlook embedded within surrounding countries a driver for Suburban expansion.
Not to mention Suburban planning and expansion within Duval.
Some were in angst and “ Activist” fighting the development trend decades ago.
Thousand Friends Of Florida et al current alarm and call to action has become a parody.
Lewis Longman And Walker
Citizens Comp Plan
Lost opportunity- it’s all consequences now
