Residents oppose plan to turn Hernando farmland into employment center
Hundreds packed the Elks Lodge in Brooksville to fight a plan that would turn 110 acres at the Hernando-Pasco line from farmland into jobs space.
Hundreds of residents packed the Elks Lodge in Brooksville on Wednesday night, June 18, to push back on a plan that would rezone 110 acres of farmland at the Hernando-Pasco county line into an employment center. The property along Bowman Road and Milestone Drive is now rural and undeveloped, and neighbors said the change would strip away the agricultural character of the area.
SN Hillside LLC is pursuing the rezoning from agricultural to commercial. A representative for the developers said the employment center would primarily include office space and could also add retail and housing. Clarke Hobby, the attorney for the developers, said the project would create an area with a lot of employment and would let some people live on site and have retail nearby to meet their needs.
Bob Miller, who runs Wright Ranch next door to the proposed site, told the crowd the project would not happen “under our watch.” Another resident told the room, “We will be loud until we are heard.”
Pasco County commissioners did not take part in the meeting, which was set up to give residents a chance to speak directly with the developers before the ordinance gets its first reading. No date has been set for that reading yet.
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