On March 1st, 2016, the Alachua County Commission held a special meeting to consider a proposal from the Plum Creek Timber Company to convert 11,000 acres of rural property – wetlands, floodplains, small farms and rural communities – into 10,500 homes and 14 million square feet of commercial and industrial space. Read the complete story of how a group of local activists came together to confront a national corporation here.
- A complete video of the meeting can be viewed here,
- Here is an article in the Gainesville Sun
- And another article at WUFT.ORG.
- See also a letter from Commissioner Byerly explaining his stand on this issue.