Conservation Area parcels protected to date
PARCEL ACQUISITIONS BY CLOSING DATE (23 total as of 8-8-23):
9/2/2020 Lot 1 (Lot 6, Polaris Road) NP 0972604806 $5,000.00
9/2/2020 Lot 2 (Lot 29, Callaghan Lane) NP 0970064629 $5,000.00
11/13/20 Lot 3 (Lot 17, Duar Terrace) NP 0971065317 Donation – $0
7/16/2021 Lot 4 (Lot 28, Munsing Ave.) NP 0970064128 Donation -$0
11/3/2021 Lots 5/6 (Lots 4 and 5, Polaris Road) NP 0972064804/805 $10,000
1/5/2022 Lots 7/8 (Lots 31 and 31, Ohio Road) NP 0970064531/532 $18,000
1/25/22 Lot 9 (Lot 22, Armour Terrace) NP 0972064722 $9,000
3/1/22 Lot 10 (Lot 21, Cordova Terrace) NP 0972064921 $7,500
5/9/22 Lot 11 (Lot 6, Cordova Terrace NP 0972065006 $7,500
6/23/22 Lot 12 (Lot 5, Allison Street) PC 402209336004 Donation - $0
7/29/22 Lot 13 (Lot 7, Polaris Road) NP 0972064807 $14,000
8/22/22 Lots 14-16 (Lot 50-52, Diplomat Dr) HH 402315303019 $12,000
8/22/22 Lots 17-19 (Lots 3-5, Flarian Dr) HH 402310358014 $12,000
5/10/2023 Lot 20 (Lot 38, Maximo Rd) NP 0960112238 $13,500
5/22/2023 Lot 21 (Lot 29, Munsing Ave) NP 0970064129 $16,000
8/8/2023 ( Lot 36, Minardi Street) NP 0972128836 $12,000
8/8/2023 (Lot 1, Jayman Road) NP 0972128801 $12,000
NP – North Port
PC – Port Charlotte
HH – Harbour Heights
THE FUTURE
SAVING NATURE
The vast majority of North Port is zoned for residential development as shown on the Zoning Map above. North Port is 104 square miles (65,560 acres) and there is no City-owned formally designated conservation land within our neighborhoods beyond the parcels we have conserved through donations or those that have been conserved by private land owners.
Imagine 65,560 acres clear-cut and developed as the years pass by. Where will the wildlife go? Erasure of our current native plant population and local native tree canopy is a certainty too.
This same scenario is the case for many of our surrounding area neighborhoods including Port Charlotte, Harbour Heights, Venice, Englewood and Sarasota.
Without conservation land to create greenspace for nature to remain as our neighborhoods continue to develop, it will be impossible to maintain the biodiversity that is necessary for the long term survival of our native flora and fauna.