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County planners and commissioners press for balanced housing, economic growth and strategic farmland preservation
Summary
Staff reported a housing study, land-preservation totals and a need to increase commercial/industrial tax base; commissioners discussed mixed-use definitions, senior-housing code gaps and a strategic approach for the remaining AgPres acreage.
Planning staff summarized several interlocking economic and land-use issues: limited population growth projected over the next decade, a housing-study estimate of about 3,000 new units needed by 2040, 4,300 acres converted to development since the last plan and roughly 16,000 acres preserved via agricultural-preservation programs.
Commissioners expressed interest in expanding the nonresidential tax base (commercial and…
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