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Seminole County reviews top land‑conservation candidates, staff to pursue due diligence
Summary
County staff presented 10 candidate properties to the Board of County Commissioners for the Seminole Forever conservation program, highlighted top-ranked sites and a roughly $10.7 million fund balance, and said staff will begin due diligence and pursue grant partnerships as directed by the board.
Seminole County officials on a November 2025 board meeting outlined next steps for Seminole Forever, the county’s locally administered land‑conservation program. Rick Durham, Parks and Recreation director, said the program’s review committee (ARC) scored 10 nominated properties against ordinance criteria and recommended advancing several to the next phase of review.
Durham told commissioners the county’s Seminole Forever fund currently has just over $10,700,000 available and that the ARC conducted site visits and two dozen publicly advertised meetings during the nomination cycle. “We had 9 applications from the public, plus one the…
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