Why a land trust in the Town of Davie, Florida?
Davie is rapidly losing much of its remaining unprotected open space due to development. Anticipating this, the Town has pursued a land acquisition program over the past twenty-plus years focusing on the purchase of ecologically and/or historically significant parcels. In addition, the Town has amended its code to require wider buffers and increased setbacks along selected corridors through a program known as the Rural Lifestyle Initiative. Given the intense development pressure and skyrocketing land values, further direct purchase of additional parcels by the Town has become cost prohibitive. The consensus is that a new approach, in this case a land trust, is needed.
