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Update: In retaliation, Jeff Brower has decided to zone 107 hectares of land in Daytona, Deland, Port Orange and Ormond Beach for high density residential building. Enough is enough, I'm tired of waiting in traffic for an hour just to get home from work. I'm tired of apartment buildings popping up everywhere wetlands used to be. I'm tired of seeing wildlife being displaced and ending up as roadkill. At what point do these politicians decide that they've made enough money? Jeff Brower doesn't care about the people or wildlife of Volusia. Recall the election of Jeff Brower!
The supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAAs a life long resident of Volusia County (Holly Hill) it bothers me so much regarding all this development. I remember what was once woods, cow, pastors, etc is now a mall, auto mall, bucees, apartments, etc.
Let’s please do what we can to put an end to all this.
Robert supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAEverywhere u drive, the trees are vanishing..our infrastructure, medical, etc cannot handle the load..my daughter is an n p in volusia county n She is OVERWHELMED
Jeffrey supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAI have lived in new Smyrna Beach my entire life, and before that my parents, and before them their parents, my Grandparemts moved here and bought a house when they were in their 20's, when there used to be dirt roads and traffic was at a minimal! It has become outrageously over populated and abused!!
I remember when we used to ride horses to the McDonald's drive-through or down the street to get honey off pioneer trail! Now they're building on top of wetlands and swamp land just to make a buck.
The animals homes are being taken away & habitats are being Ruined!
Also, !! Do these people not realize what an ecosystem is and how it works?
We need our trees and our plants, animals and swamp lands to survive and be a healthy habitat!!!
You can't breathe? We'll quit cutting down our trees !!! , then they turn around and replace them with fake trees!
Grace supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIABeen in home 35 years 28' above sea level...property now getting flooded from small 15 acre property with 5 commercial buildings buildings built on swamp land, they dug a 2 acre retention pond to elevate, which has not helped...water used to slow south now comes and backs up to the north...City of NSB was told that it would happen, I worked on over a year to stop it, showed them the elevations etc...the greased hands give the approval...so much would take hours...a DO NOT LET THEM OVER DEVELOP!!!!!!!
Kelly supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAMy husband and I bought our property in 1987, in what was then county-controlled southwest Deland. We have watched the overdevelopment and destruction of our community become more and more rampant since Arvida initiated Victoria in 2000. In addition to extensively modifying the terrain and elevation of the land, including destruction of the woods, forests, and wetlands, the developers, elected officials and county agents have ignored the flooding issues and subsequent ever-growing storm water management needs caused by the destruction of our environment. They destroy trees that absorb the water for growth, constructing high-density developments that prevent natural drainage and absorption the water due to the extensive asphalt and concrete. Areas that have NEVER flooded in prior storms are not only flooding now, but many are still under water.
The overdevelopment and increased population also causes extensive traffic congestion. At certain times of day, it may take three lights to clear an intersection. Our schools have been over-crowed for at least 20 years. For instance, Freedom Elementary was already at capacity and had six portables before Victoria Trails was begun. Victoria committed to building schools, public parks, and roads to mitigate the demands of the population explosion. To date, I’m unaware of any such contribution to our community.
What infrastructure do the builders actually contribute to our community? Do they pay for the roads, schools, parks, etc? No, they get tax cuts and increased corporate profits. We, the residents pay. Our taxes increase to cover the costs.
While I agree that growth is inevitable, thoughtful and considered management is needed in Volusia County and DeLand. We moved here because of the community. That community has drastically changed in the last 15 years. I grew up in Oklahoma in a mirror of Deland. Ada was a county seat, a college town with a booming petroleum industry. It had a population of approximately 12,000. Today, the population is approximately 16,000. The DeLand we decided to make our home was similar, but today has a population of approximately 41,000. Our local industry hasn’t grown exponentially. What’s wrong with this picture?
Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded “Big Yellow Taxi” in 1970 that had a refrain, “paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” That’s exactly what has happened here in DeLand. I don’t know how, in all honesty, it can be called “Tree City.”
Lynda supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAI am a 3rd generation native of New Smyrna and Edgewater. All this new construction is not only causing flooding but massive destruction of native wildlife. I served 22 years in the Air Force and retired back home only to see this greed and corruption destroy my hometown 😢
Joseph supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAI’m born and raised in NSB. 34years later and I’ve never seen the flooding that is destroying the native NSB locals homes. New development within a mile of my home and all the neighborhoods now flood. Quit the development.
Stephen supported: STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT IN VOLUSIAPlease pass the moratorium to address flooding issues in Volusia County and cities.
Every new "development" means the destruction of wetlands, forest, or some other natural barrier to flooding. Flooding is destroying more citizens' homes every year. The resulting repair costs and quickly increasing home insurance prices mean many already cannot afford to continue living here, and I am very concerned about ending up in that situation myself.
It also means further destruction of wildlife habitat, which is easy to ignore until loss of wildlife means loss of our food supply, and we are getting close to that point. We have known about this danger for decades; I remember watching Bill Nye talk about the importance of biodiversity more than 30 years ago!
As citizens of Volusia County, who want to enjoy nature as a part of living here, we desperately need your help to curtail development before there is no nature left. We also need your help immediately to reduce flooding and keep our home out of a flood zone. Please pass the moratorium.
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