Plum Creek
Plum Creek town hall meeting points to progressing plans, ongoing discontent
Cars jammed the Chester Shell Elementary School parking lot and spilled along side streets and into an empty field. Inside the cafeteria, it was standing room only, and latecomers leaned against the walls. Many attendees sported t-shirts: purple ones that said “I support Plum Creek” or green ones that said “Stand by Our Plan.” When...
Envision Alachua, Task Force Agree “The Time is Now”
By Caitlyn Finnegan Envision Alachua task force members, land-use planners and Plum Creek are one step closer to a cohesive 50-year vision for the future use of the timber company’s 65,000 acres of land spanning from north central to eastern Alachua County. During the latest long-term planning meeting on Thursday night, all 31 members of...