I and many others would like to preserve the diversity in Palm Beach County and keep the rural buffer areas intact. Many of our residents are not from Florida and don’t know that Palm Beach County is one of the biggest agriculture counties in the entire United States, the biggest east of the Mississippi. That ag provides both food and jobs.
The area that Minto and others want to develop is in the agriculture buffer area. What they are (so far) proposing does not fit. Those of us who live out here do so by choice. We want to continue to be able to keep livestock, have small nurseries, have Florida natives and otherwise pursue our own versions of happiness without crowded roads and city regulations.
Condos, zero-lot-line HOAs and malls have their place in Palm Beach County too, just not out here. New development projects need to be in line with the surrounding communities.
James Wood, The Acreage
