Wheelock means Business....but so do we!
During the May 7th Development Review meeting with Pinellas County, Wheelock revealed its plans for up to 1200 residences, plus commercial property and a hotel! Remember, if the zoning change is granted and the the property is re-zoned, nothing is binding. That means everything is fair game and they can build what they want. Below is the latest proposal.
Don't be fooled by misinformation:
Wheelock is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars now in hopes of hundreds of millions tomorrow! Don't be fooled by propaganda. This is not in the best interest of Pinellas County, regardless of what they say. The property has not been sold and this is not a done deal. The development deal has not been called off, it is alive and well and they are moving forward.
We can defeat Wheelock with your help!
- Other neighborhoods have prevailed here in Pinellas County and so can we!
- Our Legal team is experienced and believe we have a strong case, it doesn't look good for them if we lose.
- Land use has to change and we can stop this!
We are not alone.....Golf Course Communities Unite!
Bardmoor Golf and Tennis Club is joining forces with resident of the Bayou Club and The Tides in hopes of stopping re-development. Currently, Wheelock is trying to shut down the historic and thriving Bardmoor Golf Course, and literally pave it over with one of the densest collections of Apartments, hotels, and multi-family units and in Pinellas County.
Wheelock, which is better known for paving over cow pastures, is seeking to use its advantage as a well-financed and ruthless developer against Pinellas County families to literally steal their lifestyles, property values, and to deprive tens of thousands of our citizens to access to recreational open space in Mid-Pinellas.
More importantly, their profit driven plans would DESTROY one of the last great contiguous open spaces in Mid-county, killing thousands of animals, destroying habitat and further reducing this counties resiliency from climatic events, as tropical rainstorms will not be absorbed into the earth but funneled straight from the polluted roads into our bays and estuaries. Their plans are an ecological disaster.
Our confederation represents more than 1000 Pinellas Homeowners who control more than $500 million in real estate. These are your customers, friends and families and we want you to join our fight and REJECT bad developers and stand up for the Pinellas County lifestyle. When bad developers violate the principals of good development and they seek to exploit poorly designed county land development rules for personal profit at everyone’s else’s expense, you and/ or your organization needs to speak out!
Wheelock, which is better known for paving over cow pastures, is seeking to use its advantage as a well-financed and ruthless developer against Pinellas County families to literally steal their lifestyles, property values, and to deprive tens of thousands of our citizens to access to recreational open space in Mid-Pinellas.
More importantly, their profit driven plans would DESTROY one of the last great contiguous open spaces in Mid-county, killing thousands of animals, destroying habitat and further reducing this counties resiliency from climatic events, as tropical rainstorms will not be absorbed into the earth but funneled straight from the polluted roads into our bays and estuaries. Their plans are an ecological disaster.
Our confederation represents more than 1000 Pinellas Homeowners who control more than $500 million in real estate. These are your customers, friends and families and we want you to join our fight and REJECT bad developers and stand up for the Pinellas County lifestyle. When bad developers violate the principals of good development and they seek to exploit poorly designed county land development rules for personal profit at everyone’s else’s expense, you and/ or your organization needs to speak out!
The Price of Over Development
Information from:
http://priceofsprawl.com/index.html
Most Floridians are unaware of the huge amount of housing already approved, but not yet built. It’s enough housing for over 100 million people — over 5 times more than Florida’s current population of around 19 million. Schools & roads are the biggest financial burden to taxpayers. Not to mention, drinking water supplies are inadequate for Florida’s projected growth.
While our costs go up, many parts of Florida won’t have enough drinking water, and our home values will continue to be depressed due to oversupply and vacancy rates — especially if politicians continue granting requests for even more new housing.
"Browardization"
“Browardization” is a term frequently used to describe what happens to a place that is overwhelmed with the consequences of over-development — traffic congestion, water shortages, school crowding, zero green space, degraded quality of life, higher taxes, and crime. The special attributes that attracted folks to these communities are crowded out by strip malls, cluttered signs, lack of green space and landscaping. This often results in out-migration of population to other areas as people flee the negatives of over-developed communities and seek the quality of life they desire.
Do you want to let your community get completely built-out, or fight to save green space?
“Build-out” and “Built-out”
“Build-out” (with a “d”) is the population needed to fill all the housing already approved for construction but not yet built. Build-out increases as even more approvals are granted. Throughout Florida, build-out far exceeds the population projected for 2030.
“Built-out” (with a “t”) means that less than 5% of land designated for housing remains undeveloped.
Communities such as Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Pinellas County are built-out because they have little or no remaining buildable land. Twenty of 102 jurisdictions analyzed are built-out. For built-out communities, no information is provided on cost projections for new road and school construction.
While our costs go up, many parts of Florida won’t have enough drinking water, and our home values will continue to be depressed due to oversupply and vacancy rates — especially if politicians continue granting requests for even more new housing.
"Browardization"
“Browardization” is a term frequently used to describe what happens to a place that is overwhelmed with the consequences of over-development — traffic congestion, water shortages, school crowding, zero green space, degraded quality of life, higher taxes, and crime. The special attributes that attracted folks to these communities are crowded out by strip malls, cluttered signs, lack of green space and landscaping. This often results in out-migration of population to other areas as people flee the negatives of over-developed communities and seek the quality of life they desire.
Do you want to let your community get completely built-out, or fight to save green space?
“Build-out” and “Built-out”
“Build-out” (with a “d”) is the population needed to fill all the housing already approved for construction but not yet built. Build-out increases as even more approvals are granted. Throughout Florida, build-out far exceeds the population projected for 2030.
“Built-out” (with a “t”) means that less than 5% of land designated for housing remains undeveloped.
Communities such as Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Pinellas County are built-out because they have little or no remaining buildable land. Twenty of 102 jurisdictions analyzed are built-out. For built-out communities, no information is provided on cost projections for new road and school construction.
Not enough drinking water!!
Florida is running out of drinking water from the Floridan Aquifer, our main source of drinking water which has been relatively clean, cheap and plentiful — until now.
The average Floridian uses about 158 gallons per day. New residential development uses much more water than older homes because about 67% of its water is for landscape irrigation.
The map shows most of Florida is either “Running Low” or “Empty.”
Over-development has depleted the drinking water supply in most parts of Florida. Explosive population growth and wasteful water use requires enormous water volumes from the Aquifer.
Unrestrained pumping results in salt water intrusion which destroys fresh water. Salt in drinking water wells requires development of new water sources or a very expensive process called desalination to remove the salt.
Unrestrained pumping also draws down Florida’s surface waters — springs, rivers, lakes and wetlands. It also causes dangerous sink holes. Building and paving over aquifer recharge areas precludes the aquifer from being replenished.
What about alternative water supplies?
Although politicians talk a lot about alternative water supplies, few Florida governments realistically depend on these sources because of their costs and feasibility. Alternative water supplies include surface water from lakes and rivers; man-made reservoirs; re-treatment of waste-water; and desalination. Surface water & reclaimed waste-water are about 5 times more expensive than aquifer water. Desalinated water is about 10 times more expensive than aquifer water.
How much more drinking water will your community need at build-out? How much has your water bill gone up over the past few years? Because clean drinking water is a precious resource, you can expect your costs to go up and your supplies to continue to diminish.
Sprawl Costs YOU!!!
The law of supply and demand applies to housing. When a manufacturer makes too many widgets, the price of widgets goes down and the manufacturer is stuck with too many widgets—he pays the price for his production mistakes. But when too much residential housing is built, not just the developer, but WE ALL suffer from lower property values and the inability to sell our homes. That’s why you need to demand that politicians make development approval decisions responsibly.
Despite much media coverage of recent home price increases, home prices remain significantly down compared to 2007 in every area of Florida—that includes your neighborhood. For awhile, building slowed down. But now the bulldozers are ramping up. Developers propose, and elected officials approve more unneeded residential development. What new residential development is being proposed in your area? Approving too much development puts your home value and quality of life at risk.
The law of supply and demand means that approving even more new housing will continue to depress residential values and push homeowners further under water. When did you buy your home? What is it worth today?
The average Floridian uses about 158 gallons per day. New residential development uses much more water than older homes because about 67% of its water is for landscape irrigation.
The map shows most of Florida is either “Running Low” or “Empty.”
Over-development has depleted the drinking water supply in most parts of Florida. Explosive population growth and wasteful water use requires enormous water volumes from the Aquifer.
Unrestrained pumping results in salt water intrusion which destroys fresh water. Salt in drinking water wells requires development of new water sources or a very expensive process called desalination to remove the salt.
Unrestrained pumping also draws down Florida’s surface waters — springs, rivers, lakes and wetlands. It also causes dangerous sink holes. Building and paving over aquifer recharge areas precludes the aquifer from being replenished.
What about alternative water supplies?
Although politicians talk a lot about alternative water supplies, few Florida governments realistically depend on these sources because of their costs and feasibility. Alternative water supplies include surface water from lakes and rivers; man-made reservoirs; re-treatment of waste-water; and desalination. Surface water & reclaimed waste-water are about 5 times more expensive than aquifer water. Desalinated water is about 10 times more expensive than aquifer water.
How much more drinking water will your community need at build-out? How much has your water bill gone up over the past few years? Because clean drinking water is a precious resource, you can expect your costs to go up and your supplies to continue to diminish.
Sprawl Costs YOU!!!
The law of supply and demand applies to housing. When a manufacturer makes too many widgets, the price of widgets goes down and the manufacturer is stuck with too many widgets—he pays the price for his production mistakes. But when too much residential housing is built, not just the developer, but WE ALL suffer from lower property values and the inability to sell our homes. That’s why you need to demand that politicians make development approval decisions responsibly.
Despite much media coverage of recent home price increases, home prices remain significantly down compared to 2007 in every area of Florida—that includes your neighborhood. For awhile, building slowed down. But now the bulldozers are ramping up. Developers propose, and elected officials approve more unneeded residential development. What new residential development is being proposed in your area? Approving too much development puts your home value and quality of life at risk.
The law of supply and demand means that approving even more new housing will continue to depress residential values and push homeowners further under water. When did you buy your home? What is it worth today?