Calusa Covenant released, pre-application submitted for 550 homes

In 2020, we obtained 3952 petition signatures (3174 online and 778 paper) fighting to KEEP our 99 year covenant, and AGAINST a large scale development and the long term environment, infrastructure and traffic implications on our quality of life in Calusa. Thank you, to each and every person that signed our petition, spoke at the public hearing, emailed our commissioners, and fought for quality of life in our community. Our community voiced our concerns loud and clear! Since this petition was specific to releasing the Covenant, it is now closed. 

Unfortunately, on Oct 29th, 2020 our County Commissioners voted 9-3 to release our 99 year Covenant (1968-2067) protecting our 168 acres of green space. This would allow for up to 32 single family homes without a new zoning application. Many commissioners indicated they would not support a large-scale development in Calusa, and we will hold them to that promised!

The owner/developer has since submitted a pre-application for 550 single family homes on the former Calusa golf course. They will consider County staff feedback and submit a new zoning application with the complete proposed development plan which will have additional public hearings. Stay tuned, our fight is NOT over! We will start a new petition once the new application is submitted so we can identify specific concerns with the proposed development. 

Please check our website and social media as we will continue to post updates as future hearing information is provided.

Thank you!

Calusa Community Neighbors