4 places on file.
Each dossier is a long-form reading of a city across time — signal strength, primary forces, recent motions, key entities, source trail. New readings publish when the planning record moves; the dossier carries the memory.
Minneola
Between January 2024 and December 2025, Minneola's Planning and Zoning Commission rewrote the largest mixed-use community in the city's history from the approval chair. The September 2024 Citrus Grove vote — a four-hour…
Clermont
Between January 2024 and March 2026, Clermont's Planning and Zoning Commission transformed from a high-volume approval machine into the most deliberative planning body in south Lake County. Three new commissioners…
Leesburg
Between January 2024 and December 2025, Leesburg's nine-member Planning Commission denied nine staff-recommended major projects on the rural periphery while approving the boldest downtown densification initiative in the…
Groveland
Between January 2024 and October 2025, Groveland's Planning & Zoning Board did something no other south Lake city attempted: it codified a regulatory identity. The Agrarian Code — Ordinance 2025-25, adopted 5-0 in…