Neal Communities plans a 192.3-acre mixed-use development in Alva, Florida, near rural and preservation lands, prompting concerns over its impact on the community's rural character and adjacent Hickey Creek Mitigation Park.
Neal Communities paid $34.1 million for 788 acres in Alva, ending a four-year deal and clearing the way for a community entitled for up to 1,099 homes. The project drew opposition over density and helped propel a resident into politics.
Anarchy Ale Works opened in Alva, featuring 18 house-made beers, a bold libertarian theme and a renovated former convenience store. The family-run brewpub aims to become a local gathering spot with food trucks and rotating taps.
Sunshine Law requires policy decisions to be made in public with records of those meetings being recorded.
About 40 Alva residents spent more than two hours pleading with the commissioners not to approve sewer, which would allow Neal Communities the opportunity to ask for increased density on the 788 acres at a future hearing.
