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Southwest Ranches residents push to finish equestrian trails, fix roads and protect green space during strategic-planning workshop
Summary
At a Town of Southwest Ranches workshop, residents prioritized road resurfacing, preserving equestrian character and protecting green/open space; facilitators used a mock-budget exercise to capture resident tradeoffs ahead of final recommendations.
Russell opened a town strategic-planning workshop by saying, "This is a very important step in our strategic planning process," and invited residents to help set priorities for the next three to five years.
Facilitators Daniel Rosemond and Jim Lee of e2w consulting framed the meeting around three resource buckets'enhanced services, infrastructure and technology'and reviewed a 2025 community survey that found nearly 60% of respondents have lived in Southwest Ranches 20 years or more. Rosemond said the council had reaffirmed a vision to preserve a rural, equestrian and environmentally protected community.
Residents used the bulk of the public-comment time to press for…
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