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Consultant shows parcel‑level growth model forecasting buildout, seasonal surges and retail demand
Summary
At a Citrus County strategic planning retreat, consultant David Farmer updated an interactive growth model that maps parcel‑by‑parcel potential, projects roughly 8,000–8,500 new homes by 2030 and flags hotspots for parks and neighborhood retail; commissioners pressed for policy tools to preserve park land and guide commercial placement.
David Farmer, a licensed planner and engineer working for the county’s consultant team, presented an updated interactive growth model at the Citrus County strategic planning retreat and told commissioners the county’s buildout is roughly 204,000–205,000 housing units.
The model, Farmer said, uses parcel‑level analysis cross‑referenced with water‑meter and other administrative datasets to detect recent development that lagged in standard GIS sources. “We married the water meter data with that, which really gave us a really good picture of what’s…
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