Commissioners approve version of Sarasota 2050

The Board of County Commissioners in Sarasota, Florida, has approved a preliminary version of Sarasota 2050, a comprehensive plan that encourages and provides incentives for compact, mixed-use development in the county’s unincorporated areas (see December 2001 issue). The plan now has to be reviewed by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, after which it faces another round of revisions and what might be a heated battle.