I have been concerned about this since it was originally presented, said County Commissioner Linda Bartz. I worry about taking that many people out there where they don t have a lot of access to anything, and that is why I am voting against it.
Happy Food LLC, a family-owned business and subsidiary of Vero Beach-based IMG Citrus Inc., proposed four 2,930-square-foot dormitory-style buildings, that would have each housed 24 men in the United States on temporary agricultural work visas, on 8 acres just 3 miles east of the Okeechobee County line.
If it were approved, Happy Foods would’ve been the eighth and largest migrant labor camp here.
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