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The major hearing on the "Fiscal Neutrality" component of proposed changes to the Sarasota 2050 plan is this evening at the County Commission Chambers in the admin building on Ringling Blvd. Members of the public will have the chance to voice their views - each person is given 3 or 5 minutes. More here , and see links below. Cathy Antunes The Growth Machine: Sarasota’s USB, 2050 and Portland, Revisited Ron Saba on 2050: Putting New Development Costs on the Blood Sweat and Tears of Taxpayers is Unfair Bill Zoller: The Process is a Travesty Cathy Antunes: Free Market or Free Ride? County 2050 Plan Site County 2050 Maps William Zoller: Protect 2050’s “Fiscal Neutrality” Strong Towns Sarasota County Sustainability Factsheet Sarasota County Chugs Along with More Changes to 2050 It's not NIMBY, it's NIMP-B (Cathy Antunes’ video about infill) Observer: County Takes Another Look at 2050 County eyes changing ‘2050’ Eastern grow...

The Sarasota 2050 plan offers generous development options in exchange for taxpayer and community protections. But what began as a compromise and is being finagled into a free ride. More here. What one community leader is saying: The deal struck with Sarasota 2050 is this: If you want to develop rural land at high density before we need to move the USB, then you pay for the infrastructure and develop in an efficient, environmentally friendly way that creates enough tax revenue to pay for the services the development requires. Now 6 firms want to keep increased density and welch on the rest. This isn't about the free market, this is about a free ride. - Cathy Antunes, vp Sarasota CONA Find out for yourself: Sarasota County Public Information Meetings about 2050:      June 18, 2014   Robert L. Anderson Administration Center,  Commission Chamber, 4000 S.Tamiami Tr., Venice, FL  June 26, 2014  County Administration Center, Co...