Another mega development is advancing in Manatee County, this one proposing 7,200 homes in a rural area near Parrish outside the urban service boundary, presenting another test of whether a line meant to constrain growth – which Lakewood Ranch also wants moved – will stand.
The Manatee County Planning Commission this month recommended forging ahead with a proposed amendment to the county’s long-range growth plan that would allow L3 Partnership LLC to proceed with the company’s Gamble Creek Village development on 5,000 acres. The land is owned by the Lindsay family and is just south of State Road 62, about two miles east of an urban service boundary meant to rein in urban sprawl.