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A plan to save part of the English Forest in Tallahassee from development has moved a step closer. The Acquisition and Restoration Council of Florida Forever unanimously voted to approve the English Forest Preserve Project.
Seminole would annually dedicate 5% about $3 million under the current budget of non-ad-valorem revenues collected by the county to fund the land acquisition program.
Seminole commissioners on Tuesday agreed to move forward with establishing a countywide program that would purchase environmentally sensitive natural lands for conservation and passive recreation, thereby protecting open areas from sprawling developments. “If we do this, we will be the first [county] in the state that has done this,” said Commissioner Lee Constantine in support of the proposed .
The Acquisition and Resources Council of Florida Forever will hear a proposal to conserve part of the English property on Friday, June 9th at 9 a.m. at the Douglass Building. The property has been rezoned for commercial and residential mixed-use development.