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Commissioners press TDC on community access, long-term lease risks and timing of sports-venue projects

Highlands County Board of County Commissioners · November 4, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners at the Nov. 4 Highlands County workshop asked the TDC and consultants detailed questions about how public-private partnerships would preserve local programming, what the county’s appropriation obligations could be under long leases and why the county should act quickly given competing projects nearby.

During a Highlands County Board of County Commissioners workshop, board members probed the Tourism Development Council and consultants about trade-offs inherent to public-private partnership (P3) lease structures and the timeline for facility projects recommended in the countywide study.

Commissioners emphasized preserving weekday access for local users. One commissioner asked how expansions would “change availability to local participants that are using that…

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