15 Comments
4/1/2020 12:25:49 pm
I am amazed , saddened and frustrated that developers would assume that they can grab up land that should be conserved like this area ...after all this is where Mount Dora gets its precious water supply!! It also is part of a natural crevice flow area that drains into Lake Gertrude. This not only endangers the quality of water for Mount Dora, but the flow of pollutants to Lake Gertrude.
Maria Rothstein
4/4/2020 12:47:19 am
I agree 100%. They are going to keep building up this area until they ruin it like S Florida. The builders may want to think about continuing with this project now. The economy is already in a tail spin. Why ruin more wild areas here especially when spending will more than likely be on the back burner for quite a while as a result of COVID-19?
Cynthia Trueba
4/5/2020 04:02:16 pm
I am surprised at the development that is happening in Mount Dora. There is new development on Limit. There is the Cottages on 11th. Soon Mount Dora will be like every other place in Central Florida and not "someplace special." Green space and a small town environment is why most people live here.
Dennis Dawson
4/6/2020 02:36:52 pm
Already, we have traffic issues at the intersection of 441 and Donnelly. Adding another potential 200 drivers from the apartments and 200 from the Office Park going north on Donnelly, making left turns from 441 westbound to southbound Donnelly, will only increase the mess that already exists at that intersection and Donnelly and Limit Ave.
Jill B
4/8/2020 08:47:58 pm
Hey I was a resident of Mount Dora for just about one year, I am shocked that they are building like this. I moved here from Fort Myers because Mount Dora is Someplace Special.
Cynthia Trueba
4/9/2020 01:57:38 pm
Not only will the streets have additional drivers and traffic from these new developments, but it also impacts waste collection, water/sewage use, and schools.
Jon Wanberg
4/17/2020 10:53:20 am
This is awesome! Finally some entry level housing coming to Mount Dora. Without projects like this, the younger generation will have to keep migrating out of Lake county. We have a massive housing shortage, especially in the affordable price point. We need a place for people to live that will shop at our shops in downtown Mount Dora and work in our businesses. The city needs additional tax revenue and without these type of projects, the only way they can get it is by raising taxes on the current residents.
J. Lippincott
4/18/2020 12:48:31 pm
I completely understand what you are saying, but this location is not the place to do this. Putting a community like this on the other side of 441 would be more appropriate for so many reasons: Existing infrastructure, access, not destroying existing forest habitat, and ascetics are just a few aspects that make this location problematic. I'm good with building affordable housing - let's do it where it's appropriate.
Darlene Betts
5/5/2020 08:05:11 pm
I moved to Mount Dora for the small town charm and at that time the people in charge of growth said they WOULD NOT allow this type of growth. Ever since they allowed the movie theater to bypass the the height law this is what happens, they have more greed. You need to think about the people who live here and have already been impacted by the building choices and areas that they are allowing for growth. Our roads and utilities can't handle all of this. Please rethink allowing these apartments, you are talking about 200 hundred plus cars on Limit and Donnley, these roads can't handle that type of traffic.
Candice Starkey
6/2/2020 11:25:48 am
Everyone’s impact concerns are warranted. Once height restrictions are waived it’s a domino effect. Next the trees disappear, mopeds and bicycles take over the already too narrow streets, parking becomes a bigger nightmare, and the quaintness of the town is changed one structure at a time. And you can’t get it back because it doesn’t fit anymore. We’ve watched it happen elsewhere. Unfortunately Mount Dora will be no different than any other town once our elected officials give in and developers with lots of money and promises take over.
Miriam Lindley
5/6/2020 06:06:38 pm
It’s becoming ‘No Place Special’ if they continue this ridiculous growth and keep allowing developers to destroy our small town. They already can’t keep up with crime, traffic, empty buildings in downtown or something simple like cutting the grass on the medians on 441 to have the city looking nice. They have allowed country feel disappear . Time vote those out that are making decisions about that are ruining Mt Dora.for generations to come.
Raymond Harris
5/6/2020 08:38:26 pm
What did you people expect to happen, once the 429 extension came into the Mt. Dora/Sorrento area, the new 441 and 46 flyover, the widening of 441 from Donnelly to the flyover, it was only a matter of time, but this is only the beginning, we have a new hotel going up at the corner of limit and 441, and I'm pretty sure there are more development in the pipeline, welcome to the newest Clermont, Mt. Dorans!!
Teekay
5/11/2020 09:03:57 am
Well said J. Lippincott. Critical thinking sir, be glad you have it.
Bill Lowery
6/1/2020 11:44:31 am
We all love Mount Dora the way it is, but most of us have not had the foresight to buy all the undeveloped land to keep it pristine. Those who did buy that land, no matter when they did it, have the right to use it, to develop it under the law. Those who complain don't understand the rights of landowners.
Dor Tellin
6/12/2020 10:12:17 am
Ya gotta love how developers get approval under certain guidelines and once their project is approved they keep going back and asking for special ordinances-and then BOOM, they’ve gotten everything they wanted in the beginning-public be damn! Leave a Reply. |
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