Collier County

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A Win For Better Growth Management

The Second District Court of Appeal (DCA) confirmed the Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s legal right to present evidence at the Circuit Court level against the Rivergrass Village Development Order with regard to traffic impacts and fiscal neutrality. The court’s ruling will allow the Conservancy to bring forth these claims against Rivergrass Village, which were incorrectly …

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ELC Files Brief to Protect Comprehensive Planning and Everglades Restoration

ELC represented Tropical Audubon Society and Friends of the Everglades in filing an amicus curiae “Friend of the Court” brief in Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal in opposition to a trial court’s misinterpretation of Florida’s Community Planning Act. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida had challenged a development called Rivergrass under Florida’s Community Planning Act, …

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